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)

गछानंद त्वमेतस्यां वृद्धायां प्रार्थयामृतं ।
भगवांस्तृषितो मातस्तदम्बु दीयतामिति ॥ १६ ॥ {१६}

gachānaṃda tvametasyāṃ vṛddhāyāṃ prārthayāmṛtaṃ |
bhagavāṃstṛṣito mātastadambu dīyatāmiti || 16 || {16}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 17.16 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 (17.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Chana, Tva, Yushmad, Esha, Vriddha, Prartha, Amrita, Bhagavat, Trishita, Matri, Mata, Tad, Tat, Ambu, Iti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 17.16). 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: “gachānaṃda tvametasyāṃ vṛddhāyāṃ prārthayāmṛtaṃ
  • ga -
  • ga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ga (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • chānan -
  • chāna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    chāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • da -
  • da (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    da (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tvam -
  • tva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • etasyām -
  • eṣā (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • vṛddhāyām -
  • vṛddhā (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    vṛdh -> vṛddhā (participle, feminine)
    [locative single from √vṛdh class 1 verb]
  • prārthayā -
  • prārthā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • amṛtam -
  • amṛta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    amṛta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    amṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “bhagavāṃstṛṣito mātastadambu dīyatāmiti || 16 |
  • bhagavāṃs -
  • bhagavat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tṛṣito* -
  • tṛṣita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • mātas -
  • mātṛ (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    māta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    mātṛ (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [present active third dual]
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ambu -
  • ambu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ambu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ambu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • dīyatām -
  • (verb class 1)
    [imperative passive third single]
    (verb class 3)
    [imperative passive third single]
    dai (verb class 1)
    [imperative passive third single]
    de (verb class 1)
    [imperative passive third single]
    (verb class 3)
    [imperative passive third single]
    (verb class 4)
    [imperative active third dual], [imperative middle third single], [imperative passive third single]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse 16
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