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 23.55

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तद्यथाभूत्पुरा पुर्यां वाराणस्यां महाजनः ।
श्रेष्ठी प्राढ्यो महच्छ्रीमाच्छ्रीदोपमो धनाधिपः ॥ ५५ ॥ {५५}

tadyathābhūtpurā puryāṃ vārāṇasyāṃ mahājanaḥ |
śreṣṭhī prāḍhyo mahacchrīmācchrīdopamo dhanādhipaḥ || 55 || {55}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 23.55 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 (23.55). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Tat, Yatha, Pura, Pur, Puri, Purya, Varanasi, Mahajana, Shreshthin, Pra, Adhya, Mahat, Shriman, Shrida, Upama, Dhanadhipa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 23.55). 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: “tadyathābhūtpurā puryāṃ vārāṇasyāṃ mahājanaḥ ”
tad -
tad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
abhūt -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[aorist active third single]
purā -
purā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pur (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

purā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
puryām -
puri (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

purī (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

puryā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
vārāṇasyām -
vārāṇasī (noun, feminine)

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

[nominative single]
Line 2: “śreṣṭhī prāḍhyo mahacchrīmācchrīdopamo dhanādhipaḥ || 55 |”
śreṣṭhī -
śreṣṭhin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
prā -
pra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

prā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
āḍhyo* -
āḍhya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mahacch -
atimahat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

mahat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
śrīmā -
śrīman (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

śrīman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
acch -
ad (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

ad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
śrīdo -
śrīda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śrīda (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

śrīdā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
upamo* -
upama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
dhanādhipaḥ -
dhanādhipa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Cannot analyse 55

Last Updated: 03 August, 2021