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)

धन्या सा धीमती शान्तमती चापि सुभाविनी ।
यत्ते श्रीवसुधाराया भवेतां व्रतधारिणी ॥ ३९८ ॥ {४८}

dhanyā sā dhīmatī śāntamatī cāpi subhāvinī |
yatte śrīvasudhārāyā bhavetāṃ vratadhāriṇī || 398 || {48}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.398 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 (37.398). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dhanya, Dhani, Dhimat, Shantamati, Capin, Capi, Subha, Avi, Yatta, Shrivasudhara, Vratadharini, Vratadharin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.398). 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: “dhanyā dhīmatī śāntamatī cāpi subhāvinī
  • dhanyā -
  • dhanyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    dhanī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    dhanī (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • sā* -
  • so (noun, feminine)
    [accusative plural]
  • dhīmatī -
  • dhīmat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • śāntamatī -
  • śāntamati (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • cāpi -
  • cāpin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    cāpī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    cāpī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    cāpi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • subhā -
  • subha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    subha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    subhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    subh (verb class 6)
    [imperative active second single]
  • avinī -
  • avi (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 2: “yatte śrīvasudhārāyā bhavetāṃ vratadhāriṇī || 398 |
  • yatte -
  • yatta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    yatta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    yattā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    yat -> yatta (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √yat class 1 verb]
    yat -> yatta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √yat class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √yat class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √yat class 1 verb], [locative single from √yat class 1 verb]
    yat -> yattā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √yat class 1 verb], [vocative single from √yat class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √yat class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √yat class 1 verb]
  • śrīvasudhārāyā* -
  • śrīvasudhārā (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • bhavetām -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third dual]
  • vratadhāriṇī -
  • vratadhāriṇī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    vratadhārin (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Cannot analyse 398
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