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)

एवमन्ये ऽपि लोकाश्च धीमतीं तां सुभूषणां ।
स्वमातुर्गृहमायातां श्रुत्वा द्रष्टुमुपाययुः ॥ ४३६ ॥ {८६}

evamanye 'pi lokāśca dhīmatīṃ tāṃ subhūṣaṇāṃ |
svamāturgṛhamāyātāṃ śrutvā draṣṭumupāyayuḥ || 436 || {86}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.436 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 (37.436). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Evam, Eva, Anya, Api, Loka, Dhimat, Subhushana, Sva, Atu, Grih, Ayata, Ayat, Upaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.436). 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: “evamanye 'pi lokāśca dhīmatīṃ tāṃ subhūṣaṇāṃ
  • evam -
  • evam (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    evam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • anye' -
  • anya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    anyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • lokāś -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dhīmatī -
  • dhīmat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    dhīmat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • im -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • tām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • subhūṣaṇām -
  • subhūṣaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “svamāturgṛhamāyātāṃ śrutvā draṣṭumupāyayuḥ || 436 |
  • svam -
  • sva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    svan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    svan (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    sva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ātur -
  • ātu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    at (verb class 1)
    [perfect active third plural]
  • gṛham -
  • gṛha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    gṛhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    gṛh (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • āyātām -
  • āyātā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    āyāt (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    āyāt (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
    āyāt (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • śrutvā -
  • śru -> śrutvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √śru]
  • draṣṭum -
  • dṛś -> draṣṭum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √dṛś]
  • upāya -
  • upāya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yuḥ -
  • yu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 436
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