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)

मासे भाद्रपदे कृष्णपक्षे माघे ऽपि वा पुनः ।
तृतीयायां तिथौ देवीं समावाह्य व्रतं चरेत् ॥ ६७ ॥ {६७}

māse bhādrapade kṛṣṇapakṣe māghe 'pi vā punaḥ |
tṛtīyāyāṃ tithau devīṃ samāvāhya vrataṃ caret || 67 || {67}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.67 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 (37.67). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mas, Masa, Bhadrapada, Krishnapaksha, Magha, Api, Puna, Tritiya, Titha, Devi, Vrata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.67). 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: “māse bhādrapade kṛṣṇapakṣe māghe 'pi punaḥ
  • māse -
  • mās (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    māsa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    māsā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • bhādrapade -
  • bhādrapada (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhādrapadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • kṛṣṇapakṣe -
  • kṛṣṇapakṣa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • māghe' -
  • māgha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    māgha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    māghā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • punaḥ -
  • pu (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    puna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “tṛtīyāyāṃ tithau devīṃ samāvāhya vrataṃ caret || 67 |
  • tṛtīyāyām -
  • tṛtīyā (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • tithau -
  • titha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • devīm -
  • devī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • samāvā -
  • sam (verb class 1)
    [imperative active first dual]
  • ahya -
  • ah -> ahya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √ah]
  • vratam -
  • vrata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vrata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • caret -
  • car (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 67
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