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)

तदात्र किं चरिष्यामि दासिकाहम् निराश्रया ।
अवश्यं भाविनो भावा भवन्ति महतामपि ॥ २६ ॥ {२६}

tadātra kiṃ cariṣyāmi dāsikāham nirāśrayā |
avaśyaṃ bhāvino bhāvā bhavanti mahatāmapi || 26 || {26}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 22.26 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 (22.26). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tada, Kim, Dasika, Aha, Asmad, Nirashraya, Avashyam, Bhavin, Bhavina, Bhavi, Bhava, Bhavanti, Bhavat, Bhavant, Mahat, Mahata, Api,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 22.26). 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: “tadātra kiṃ cariṣyāmi dāsikāham nirāśrayā
  • tadāt -
  • tada (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ra -
  • ra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kim -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • cariṣyāmi -
  • car (verb class 1)
    [future active first single]
  • dāsikā -
  • dāsikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aham -
  • aha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • nirāśrayā -
  • nirāśrayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “avaśyaṃ bhāvino bhāvā bhavanti mahatāmapi || 26 |
  • avaśyam -
  • avaśyam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    avaśyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • bhāvino* -
  • bhāvin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    bhāvin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    bhāvina (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    bhāvī (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • bhāvā* -
  • bhāva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • bhavanti -
  • bhavanti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bhavantī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • mahatām -
  • mahat (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    mahat (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    mahatā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    mah (verb class 1)
    [imperative active third dual]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • Cannot analyse 26
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