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)

प्रेतीभूतो ऽपि स स्मृत्वा तद्द्रव्यसंचयं पुनः ।
स्वकोष्ठालय आगत्य तस्थौ स्वासन आश्रयन् ॥ ३८ ॥ {३८}

pretībhūto 'pi sa smṛtvā taddravyasaṃcayaṃ punaḥ |
svakoṣṭhālaya āgatya tasthau svāsana āśrayan || 38 || {38}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 31.38 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 (31.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Preti, Bhuta, Bhutas, Api, Smritva, Tad, Tat, Dravyasancaya, Puna, Svaka, Ushtha, Alaya, Ali, Agatya, Tastha, Svasana, Ashra, Yat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 31.38). 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: “pretībhūto 'pi sa smṛtvā taddravyasaṃcayaṃ punaḥ
  • pretī -
  • pretī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    pretī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    preti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • bhūto' -
  • bhūtas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    bhūta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • smṛtvā -
  • smṛ -> smṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √smṛ]
    smṛtvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • dravyasañcayam -
  • dravyasañcaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • punaḥ -
  • pu (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    puna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “svakoṣṭhālaya āgatya tasthau svāsana āśrayan || 38 |
  • svako -
  • svaka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    svaka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    svakā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • uṣṭhā -
  • uṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    uṣṭha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vaś (verb class 2)
    [present active second plural]
  • ālaya* -
  • ālaya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    āli (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    āli (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • āgatya -
  • āgatya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • tasthau -
  • tastha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sthā (verb class 1)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
  • svāsana -
  • svāsana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • āśra -
  • āśra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āśra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yan -
  • yat (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    i -> yat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
  • Cannot analyse 38
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