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)

तथा सा धीमती चापि ज्ञातिवंधुसुहृज्जनान् ।
वन्दनीयान्स्तान्नत्वापृछत्सुकौशलं ॥ ४३९ ॥ {८९}

tathā sā dhīmatī cāpi jñātivaṃdhusuhṛjjanān |
vandanīyānstānnatvāpṛchatsukauśalaṃ || 439 || {89}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.439 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 (37.439). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatha, Dhimat, Capin, Capi, Andhu, Suhrijjana, Vandaniya, Stri, Anna, Tva, Yushmad, Chad, Kaushala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.439). 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: “tathā dhīmatī cāpi jñātivaṃdhusuhṛjjanān
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sā* -
  • so (noun, feminine)
    [accusative plural]
  • dhīmatī -
  • dhīmat (noun, neuter)
    [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]
  • jñāti -
  • jñāti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • va -
  • u (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ū (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    ū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    au (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    au (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • andhu -
  • andhu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    andhū (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    andhū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    andhū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • suhṛjjanān -
  • suhṛjjana (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “vandanīyānstānnatvāpṛchatsukauśalaṃ || 439 |
  • vandanīyān -
  • vandanīya (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    vand -> vandanīya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √vand class 1 verb]
  • stā -
  • stṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second plural]
  • anna -
  • anna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    anna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tvā -
  • tva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative single]
  • ap -
  • ap (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • chatsu -
  • chad (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    chad (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • kauśalam -
  • kauśala (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse 439
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