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)

स्वागतं ते भवन्नत्र तिष्ठासने प्रसीद मे ।
किमर्थे ऽत्र समायासि तदादेष्टुं हि मे ऽर्हसि ॥ ३८ ॥ {३८}

svāgataṃ te bhavannatra tiṣṭhāsane prasīda me |
kimarthe 'tra samāyāsi tadādeṣṭuṃ hi me 'rhasi || 38 || {38}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 14.38 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 (14.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Svagata, Tad, Yushmad, Bhavat, Atra, Tishtha, Asana, Asani, Pra, Sida, Asmad, Kimartha, Sama, Samaya, Asi, Tada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 14.38). 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: “svāgataṃ te bhavannatra tiṣṭhāsane prasīda me
  • svāgatam -
  • svāgata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    svāgata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    svāgatā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • bhavann -
  • bhavat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • atra -
  • atra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    atra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    atra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tiṣṭhā -
  • tiṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tiṣṭha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sthā (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • asane -
  • asana (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    asana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    asanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    asani (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    asani (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    san (verb class 1)
    [imperfect middle first single]
  • pra -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • sīda -
  • sīda (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sīda (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sad (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • me -
  • ma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ma (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “kimarthe 'tra samāyāsi tadādeṣṭuṃ hi me 'rhasi || 38 |
  • kimarthe' -
  • kimartha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kimartha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kimarthā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • atra -
  • atra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    atra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    atra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • samāyā -
  • samāya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sama (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    sama (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    samāyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • asi -
  • asi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    asi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    asī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [present active second single]
  • tadād -
  • tada (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • eṣṭum -
  • iṣ -> eṣṭum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √iṣ]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • me' -
  • ma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ma (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • arhasi -
  • arh (verb class 1)
    [present active second single]
  • Cannot analyse 38
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