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)

तदैकान्यतरा काचिच्छ्रेष्ठिभार्या शुभाशया ।
सुकल्याणार्थिनी श्राद्धा सद्धर्ममानसी सुधीः ॥ २०१ ॥ {८९}

tadaikānyatarā kācicchreṣṭhibhāryā śubhāśayā |
sukalyāṇārthinī śrāddhā saddharmamānasī sudhīḥ || 201 || {89}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 9.201 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 (9.201). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tada, Aika, Atara, Acit, Shreshthin, Bharya, Shubhashaya, Sukalya, Arthin, Arthini, Arthi, Shraddha, Saddharma, Ana, Sudhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 9.201). 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: “tadaikānyatarā kācicchreṣṭhibhāryā śubhāśayā
  • tadai -
  • tadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tadā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aikānya -
  • aika (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • atarā -
  • atarā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    ka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • acicch -
  • acit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    acit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    acit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • śreṣṭhi -
  • śreṣṭhin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    śreṣṭhin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • bhāryā -
  • bhāryā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    bhṛ -> bhāryā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √bhṛ]
  • śubhāśayā -
  • śubhāśayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “sukalyāṇārthinī śrāddhā saddharmamānasī sudhīḥ || 201 |
  • sukalyā -
  • sukalya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sukalya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sukalyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aṇā -
  • aṇ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • arthinī -
  • arthinī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    arthin (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    arthī (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • śrāddhā -
  • śrāddhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • saddharmam -
  • saddharma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • āna -
  • āna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    an (verb class 2)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
  • -
  • si (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • sudhīḥ -
  • sudhī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
    sudhī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse 201
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