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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)
Verse 37.383
ततो रात्रौ समाधाय सगणां वसुंधरां ।
देवीं ध्यात्वा समभ्यर्च्य धर्म्मं श्रुत्वा निषेदतुः ॥ ३८३ ॥ {३३}
tato rātrau samādhāya sagaṇāṃ vasuṃdharāṃ |
devīṃ dhyātvā samabhyarcya dharmmaṃ śrutvā niṣedatuḥ || 383 || {33}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.383 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 (37.383). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Tatah, Tad, Tata, Ratrau, Ratra, Samadha, Aya, Sagana, Vasundhara, Devi, Dhyatva, Abhyarcya, Nisha, Dad,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.383). 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: “tato rātrau samādhāya sagaṇāṃ vasuṃdharāṃ ”
- tato* -
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tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]tata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]sa (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
- rātrau -
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rātrau (indeclinable)[indeclinable]rātra (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- samādhā -
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samādhā (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- aya -
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aya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]e (noun, masculine)[compound]
- sagaṇām -
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sagaṇā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- vasundharām -
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vasundharā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- Line 2: “devīṃ dhyātvā samabhyarcya dharmmaṃ śrutvā niṣedatuḥ || 383 |”
- devīm -
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devī (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- dhyātvā -
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√dhyā -> dhyātvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √dhyā]√dhyā -> dhyātvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √dhyā]dhyātvā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- sam -
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sa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- abhyarcya -
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abhyarcya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]abhyarcya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- Cannot analyse dharmmam*śr
- śrutvā -
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√śru -> śrutvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √śru]
- niṣe -
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niṣa (noun, masculine)[locative single]niṣa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- dat -
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dad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]dad (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]dat (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- uḥ -
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u (noun, masculine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- Cannot analyse 383