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)

Verse 15.20

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तस्मिन्नवसरे तत्र श्रावस्त्यां पौरिको गृही ।
श्रेष्ठी महाजनः श्रिमाञ्छ्राद्धो भद्राशयाभवत् ॥ २० ॥ {२०}

tasminnavasare tatra śrāvastyāṃ pauriko gṛhī |
śreṣṭhī mahājanaḥ śrimāñchrāddho bhadrāśayābhavat || 20 || {20}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 15.20 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:
Buy now! English translation by Prof. Ramesh Kumar Dwivedi (2005)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (15.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Avasare, Avasara, Tatra, Shravasti, Paurika, Grih, Grihin, Grihi, Shreshthin, Mahajana, Shri, Shraddha, Bhadra, Asha, Ashaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 15.20). 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: “tasminnavasare tatra śrāvastyāṃ pauriko gṛhī ”
tasminn -
tad (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
avasare -
avasare (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

avasara (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
tatra -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
śrāvastyām -
śrāvastī (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
pauriko* -
paurika (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
gṛhī -
gṛhī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

gṛhī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

gṛh (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

gṛhin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “śreṣṭhī mahājanaḥ śrimāñchrāddho bhadrāśayābhavat || 20 |”
śreṣṭhī -
śreṣṭhin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mahājanaḥ -
mahājana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śri -
śrī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

śrī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

śrī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
māñch -
ma (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
śrāddho* -
śrāddha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhadrā -
bhadra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhadra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhadrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
āśayā -
āśaya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

āśā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

āśayā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
abhavat -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[imperfect active third single]
Cannot analyse 20

Last Updated: 03 August, 2021