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)

अहं रत्नाकरं गन्तुमिछे रत्नसमृद्धये ।
तत्प्रायात मया सार्द्धं यदि संपत्तिमिछथ ॥ २० ॥ {२०}

ahaṃ ratnākaraṃ gantumiche ratnasamṛddhaye |
tatprāyāta mayā sārddhaṃ yadi saṃpattimichatha || 20 || {20}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.20 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 (12.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Aha, Asmad, Ratnakara, Ratna, Samriddhi, Tat, Tad, Maya, Arddha, Yadi, Yad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.20). 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: “ahaṃ ratnākaraṃ gantumiche ratnasamṛddhaye
  • aham -
  • aha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • ratnākaram -
  • ratnākara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • gantu -
  • gantu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    gam (verb class 2)
    [imperative active third single]
  • miche -
  • mich (verb class 6)
    [present middle first single]
  • ratna -
  • ratna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ratna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • samṛddhaye -
  • samṛddhi (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
  • Line 2: “tatprāyāta mayā sārddhaṃ yadi saṃpattimichatha || 20 |
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • prāyāta -
  • prā (verb class 2)
    [optative active second plural]
  • mayā -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    mayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [instrumental single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ārddham -
  • ārddha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • yadi -
  • yadi (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    yadi (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yadi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • sampatti -
  • sampatti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • michatha* -
  • Cannot analyse 20
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