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)

न पुत्रो न च पुत्री वा सुचिरमप्यजायत ।
ततो ऽसौ रोहिणः शाक्यो देवतासु निराशया ॥ ३६ ॥ {३६}

na putro na ca putrī vā suciramapyajāyata |
tato 'sau rohiṇaḥ śākyo devatāsu nirāśayā || 36 || {36}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 9.36 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 (9.36). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Putra, Putri, Putrin, Sucira, Api, Apya, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Asi, Asu, Adah, Rohina, Rohin, Shaki, Shakya, Devata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 9.36). 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: “na putro na ca putrī suciramapyajāyata
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • putro* -
  • putra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • putrī -
  • putrī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    putrin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • suciram -
  • sucira (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sucira (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sucirā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • apya -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    apya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • ajāyata -
  • jai (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active second plural], [imperfect middle third single]
    jan (verb class 4)
    [imperfect middle third single]
  • Line 2: “tato 'sau rohiṇaḥ śākyo devatāsu nirāśayā || 36 |
  • tato' -
  • 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]
  • asau -
  • asi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    asi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    asu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    adaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    adaḥ (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • rohiṇaḥ -
  • rohiṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    rohin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    rohin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • śākyo* -
  • śākī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    śākya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śac -> śākya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √śac class 1 verb]
  • devatāsu -
  • devatā (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
  • nirāśayā* -
  • Cannot analyse 36
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