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)

तथा सन्तानमिछेन् स गृहस्थो भर्यया मुदा ।
विधिं स्रष्टारमाराध्य संततिं समयाचत ॥ ८७ ॥ {८७}

tathā santānamichen sa gṛhastho bharyayā mudā |
vidhiṃ sraṣṭāramārādhya saṃtatiṃ samayācata || 87 || {87}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 23.87 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 (23.87). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatha, Santana, Grihastha, Bhari, Bharya, Aya, Mud, Muda, Vidhi, Srashtri, Srashtara, Aradhya, Santati, Sama, Samaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 23.87). 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: “tathā santānamichen sa gṛhastho bharyayā mudā
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • santāna -
  • santāna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    santāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • michen -
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • gṛhastho* -
  • gṛhastha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bharya -
  • bhari (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    bhari (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    bhari (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    bharya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bharya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ayā* -
  • aya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • mudā -
  • mud (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    mudā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “vidhiṃ sraṣṭāramārādhya saṃtatiṃ samayācata || 87 |
  • vidhim -
  • vidhi (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    vidhi (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • sraṣṭāram -
  • sraṣṭāra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sraṣṭṛ (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • ārādhya -
  • ārādhya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ārādhya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • santatim -
  • santati (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    santati (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • samayā -
  • samaya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    samayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    sam (verb class 10)
    [imperative active second single]
  • acata* -
  • Cannot analyse 87
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