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)

पालनान्ते पुनः स्नात्वा तां श्रीदेवीमनुस्मरन् ।
तद्धारणीं पठन् रात्रौ पूजयेच्च समाहितः ॥ ३३१ ॥ {८१}

pālanānte punaḥ snātvā tāṃ śrīdevīmanusmaran |
taddhāraṇīṃ paṭhan rātrau pūjayecca samāhitaḥ || 331 || {81}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.331 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 (37.331). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Palana, Tad, Yushmad, Puna, Snatva, Shridevi, Anu, Smarat, Tat, Han, Arani, Pathat, Ratrau, Ratra, Samahita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.331). 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: “pālanānte punaḥ snātvā tāṃ śrīdevīmanusmaran
  • pālanān -
  • pālana (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • 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]
  • punaḥ -
  • pu (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    puna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • snātvā -
  • snātvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    snā -> snātvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √snā]
    snā -> snātvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √snā]
    snātvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • tām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • śrīdevīm -
  • śrīdevī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • anu -
  • anu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    anu (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    anu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    anu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    anu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • smaran -
  • smṛ -> smarat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
  • Line 2: “taddhāraṇīṃ paṭhan rātrau pūjayecca samāhitaḥ || 331 |
  • taddh -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • -
  • ha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    han (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    han (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • araṇīm -
  • araṇī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • paṭhan -
  • paṭh -> paṭhat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √paṭh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √paṭh class 1 verb]
  • rātrau -
  • rātrau (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    rātra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • pūjayec -
  • pūj (verb class 10)
    [optative active third single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • samāhitaḥ -
  • samāhita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 331
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