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)

यथा यथा च सा शुक्ला परिवृद्धाभवत्क्रमात् ।
तथा तथा च तद्वस्त्रं ववृद्धे निर्मली ऽभवत् ॥ ६४ ॥ {६३}

yathā yathā ca sā śuklā parivṛddhābhavatkramāt |
tathā tathā ca tadvastraṃ vavṛddhe nirmalī 'bhavat || 64 || {63}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 9.64 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 (9.64). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yatha, Shukla, Parivriddha, Kramat, Krama, Tatha, Vriddha, Vriddhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 9.64). 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: “yathā yathā ca śuklā parivṛddhābhavatkramāt
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • śuklā -
  • śuklā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • parivṛddhā -
  • parivṛddha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    parivṛddha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    parivṛddhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • abhavat -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • kramāt -
  • kramāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    krama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • Line 2: “tathā tathā ca tadvastraṃ vavṛddhe nirmalī 'bhavat || 64 |
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tadva -
  • tadvan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • stra -
  • stṛ (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • am -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • va -
  • va (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vṛddhe -
  • vṛddha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    vṛddha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    vṛddhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vṛddhi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    vṛddhi (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    vṛdh -> vṛddha (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √vṛdh class 1 verb]
    vṛdh -> vṛddha (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √vṛdh class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √vṛdh class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √vṛdh class 1 verb], [locative single from √vṛdh class 1 verb]
    vṛdh -> vṛddhā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √vṛdh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vṛdh class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √vṛdh class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √vṛdh class 1 verb]
  • Cannot analyse nirmalī'bhavat*64
  • Cannot analyse 64
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