Ratnamalavadana [sanskrit]

83,177 words | ISBN-10: 8172702957 | ISBN-13: 9788172702953

The Sanskrit edition of the Ratnamalavadana: a collection of Buddhist stories (avadana) belonging to the Mahayana tradition. Literally, “a garland of precious gems” or “a collection of edifying tales”, these 38 stories revolve around king Ashoka and the monk Upagupta. Original titles: Ratnamālāvadāna (रत्नमालावदान), Ratnamālā-āvadāna (रत्नमाला-आवदान, Ratnamala-avadana)

अथ सा दारिका भूयस्तथान्यत्कुसुमानि च ।
गृहस्यार्थे समादातुं ततः शालवनं ययौ ॥ ३८ ॥ {३८}

atha sā dārikā bhūyastathānyatkusumāni ca |
gṛhasyārthe samādātuṃ tataḥ śālavanaṃ yayau || 38 || {38}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 5.38 is contained in the book Ratnamalavadana by Prof. Ramesh Kumar Dwivedi. This book is not available online so in order to read the full text and translation you should buy the book:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (5.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atha, Darika, Bhuyah, Bhuyas, Tatha, Yat, Yad, Kusuma, Sya, Artha, Samada, Atu, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Shalavana, Yayi, Yayu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 5.38). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

  • Line 1: “atha dārikā bhūyastathānyatkusumāni ca
  • atha -
  • atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • sā* -
  • so (noun, feminine)
    [accusative plural]
  • dārikā* -
  • dārikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    dārika (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • bhūyas -
  • bhūyaḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    bhūyas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bhūyas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tathān -
  • tatha (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • yat -
  • yat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • kusumāni -
  • kusuma (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “gṛhasyārthe samādātuṃ tataḥ śālavanaṃ yayau || 38 |
  • gṛha -
  • gṛha (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • syā -
  • si (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    syā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ārthe -
  • ārtha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ārtha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    arth (verb class 1)
    [imperfect middle first single]
  • samādā -
  • samādā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ātum -
  • ātu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • tataḥ -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • śālavanam -
  • śālavana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śālavana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • yayau -
  • yayi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    yayi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    yayu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    yayu (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 38
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