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)

एवं नित्यं चतुःसंध्यं पूजयेच्छ्रीवसुंधरां ।
यावज्जीवं यथासक्तौ वर्षैकं वा तथा चरेत् ॥ ८६ ॥ {८६}

evaṃ nityaṃ catuḥsaṃdhyaṃ pūjayecchrīvasuṃdharāṃ |
yāvajjīvaṃ yathāsaktau varṣaikaṃ vā tathā caret || 86 || {86}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.86 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 (37.86). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Evam, Eva, Nityam, Nitya, Catuhsandhi, Shrivasundhara, Vajji, Yatha, Asakta, Asakti, Varshaika, Tatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.86). 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: “evaṃ nityaṃ catuḥsaṃdhyaṃ pūjayecchrīvasuṃdharāṃ
  • evam -
  • evam (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    evam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • nityam -
  • nityam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nitya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nitya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nityā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • catuḥsandhya -
  • catuḥsandhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    catuḥsandhi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    catuḥsandhi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • am -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • pūjayecch -
  • pūj (verb class 10)
    [optative active third single]
  • śrīvasundharām -
  • śrīvasundharā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “yāvajjīvaṃ yathāsaktau varṣaikaṃ tathā caret || 86 |
  • -
  • (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • vajjī -
  • vajji (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vajji (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • vam -
  • va (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    ve (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • asaktau -
  • asakta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    asakti (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • varṣaikam -
  • varṣaika (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    varṣaika (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    varṣaikā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • caret -
  • car (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 86
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