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)

तदा सापि महाराज्ञी स्वामिक्रीडानुचारिणी ।
स्वल्पाहारोत्सहा गौरा दधौ दोहदलक्षणं ॥ १७ ॥ {१७}

tadā sāpi mahārājñī svāmikrīḍānucāriṇī |
svalpāhārotsahā gaurā dadhau dohadalakṣaṇaṃ || 17 || {17}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 33.17 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 (33.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tada, Api, Maharajni, Krida, Anucarini, Anucarin, Svalpa, Ahara, Utsaha, Gaura, Dadha, Dohadalakshana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 33.17). 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: “tadā sāpi mahārājñī svāmikrīḍānucāriṇī
  • tadā -
  • tadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tadā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • mahārājñī -
  • mahārājñī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • svāmi -
  • svāmin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • krīḍā -
  • krīḍa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    krīḍa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    krīḍā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    krīḍ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • anucāriṇī -
  • anucāriṇī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    anucārin (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 2: “svalpāhārotsahā gaurā dadhau dohadalakṣaṇaṃ || 17 |
  • svalpā -
  • svalpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    svalpa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    svalpā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • āhāro -
  • āhāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āhāra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • utsahā* -
  • utsaha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • gaurā* -
  • gaura (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    gaurā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • dadhau -
  • dadha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    dhā (verb class 1)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
    dhā (verb class 2)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
    dhā (verb class 3)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
    dhā (verb class 4)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
    dhe (verb class 1)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
  • dohadalakṣaṇam -
  • dohadalakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse 17
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