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)

इति तस्या महालक्ष्म्या व्रतं चरावहे वयं ।
तत्तद्व्रतस्य सामग्रीं साधय सर्वमादरात् ॥ १६६ ॥ {६६}

iti tasyā mahālakṣmyā vrataṃ carāvahe vayaṃ |
tattadvratasya sāmagrīṃ sādhaya sarvamādarāt || 166 || {66}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.166 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 (37.166). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iti, Mahalakshmi, Vrata, Cara, Cari, Caru, Ahe, Aha, Ahi, Vaya, Asmad, Tat, Tad, Tadvrata, Samagri, Sarvam, Sarva, Adara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.166). 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: “iti tasyā mahālakṣmyā vrataṃ carāvahe vayaṃ
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • tasyā* -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • mahālakṣmyā* -
  • mahālakṣmī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • vratam -
  • vrata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vrata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • carāva -
  • cara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    cari (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    caru (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    car (verb class 1)
    [imperative active first dual]
  • ahe -
  • ahe (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    aha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    ahi (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • vayam -
  • vaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vayā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative dual]
  • Line 2: “tattadvratasya sāmagrīṃ sādhaya sarvamādarāt || 166 |
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tadvratasya -
  • tadvrata (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    tadvrata (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • sāmagrīm -
  • sāmagrī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • sādhaya -
  • sidh (verb class 0)
    [imperative active second single]
  • sarvam -
  • sarvam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sarva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ādarāt -
  • ādara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • Cannot analyse 166
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