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)

पितुस्ते मन्दिरे यज्ञमहोत्साहं प्रवर्त्तते ।
तत्कथं न समायासि सभर्त्तागन्तुमर्हसि ॥ २०० ॥ {५०}

pituste mandire yajñamahotsāhaṃ pravarttate |
tatkathaṃ na samāyāsi sabharttāgantumarhasi || 200 || {50}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.200 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 (37.200). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pitri, Pitu, Tad, Yushmad, Mandira, Yajna, Aha, Ahu, Utsaha, Pra, Vartta, Tat, Katham, Katha, Sama, Samaya, Asi, Bharttri, Agantu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.200). 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: “pituste mandire yajñamahotsāhaṃ pravarttate
  • pitus -
  • pitṛ (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    pitu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • mandire -
  • mandira (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    mandira (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    mandirā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • yajñam -
  • yajña (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • aho -
  • aha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ahu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    ahu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • utsāham -
  • utsāha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • pra -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vartta -
  • vartta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vartta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “tatkathaṃ na samāyāsi sabharttāgantumarhasi || 200 |
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • katham -
  • katham (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    katham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kathā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    katha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    katha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • samāyā -
  • samāya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sama (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    sama (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    samāyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • asi -
  • asi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    asi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    asī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [present active second single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bharttā -
  • bharttṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    bharttṛ (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • āgantum -
  • āgantu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    āgantu (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • arhasi -
  • arh (verb class 1)
    [present active second single]
  • Cannot analyse 200
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