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)

तत्र स स्वजनैः स्वस्मिं गृहे मर्गेषु सर्वतः ।
परिशोध्य सुगंधैश्च परिषिंच्याभ्यशोभयत् ॥ ५० ॥ {५०}

tatra sa svajanaiḥ svasmiṃ gṛhe margeṣu sarvataḥ |
pariśodhya sugaṃdhaiśca pariṣiṃcyābhyaśobhayat || 50 || {50}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 15.50 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 (15.50). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatra, Svajana, Grih, Griha, Marga, Sarvatah, Sarvata, Pari, Shodhya, Sugandha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 15.50). 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: “tatra sa svajanaiḥ svasmiṃ gṛhe margeṣu sarvataḥ
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • svajanaiḥ -
  • svajana (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Cannot analyse svasmim*gṛ
  • gṛhe -
  • gṛh (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    gṛh (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    gṛhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • margeṣu -
  • marga (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    marga (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • sarvataḥ -
  • sarvataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sarvata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “pariśodhya sugaṃdhaiśca pariṣiṃcyābhyaśobhayat || 50 |
  • pari -
  • pari (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    pari (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pari (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    pari (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    pari (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    parī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    parī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    parī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • śodhya -
  • śodhya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śodhya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śudh -> śodhya (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √śudh]
    śudh -> śodhya (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √śudh]
    śudh -> śodhya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √śudh]
    śudh -> śodhya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √śudh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √śudh class 4 verb], [vocative single from √śudh]
    śudh -> śodhya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √śudh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √śudh class 4 verb], [vocative single from √śudh]
  • sugandhaiś -
  • sugandha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    sugandha (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse pariṣiñcyābhyaśobhayat*50
  • Cannot analyse 50
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