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)

तथापि तस्य भार्या सा गर्भिणी नो ऽभवच्चिरं ।
ततश्च स विभग्नाशस्तस्थौ शोकविषादितः ॥ ८८ ॥ {८८}

tathāpi tasya bhāryā sā garbhiṇī no 'bhavacciraṃ |
tataśca sa vibhagnāśastasthau śokaviṣāditaḥ || 88 || {88}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 23.88 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 (23.88). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatha, Api, Tad, Bharya, Garbhini, Garbhin, Asmad, Ciram, Cira, Tatah, Tata, Vibhagna, Ashasta, Tha, Shoka, Vishadita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 23.88). 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: “tathāpi tasya bhāryā garbhiṇī no 'bhavacciraṃ
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tatha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • tasya -
  • tas -> tasya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √tas]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    tas (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • bhāryā -
  • bhāryā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    bhṛ -> bhāryā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √bhṛ]
  • sā* -
  • so (noun, feminine)
    [accusative plural]
  • garbhiṇī -
  • garbhiṇī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    garbhin (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • no' -
  • na (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    nu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
  • abhavac -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • ciram -
  • ciram (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    cira (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    cira (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    cirā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “tataśca sa vibhagnāśastasthau śokaviṣāditaḥ || 88 |
  • tataś -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vibhagnā -
  • vibhagna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vibhagna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vibhagnā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aśastas -
  • aśasta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • thau -
  • tha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • śoka -
  • śoka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śoka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śuk (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • viṣāditaḥ -
  • viṣādita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 88
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