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 38.237

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उत्तरे पीतवर्णश्च वैश्रवणस्तथा स्थितः ।
भुजाभ्यां संदधद् रत्नप्रसवबीजपूरकौः ॥ २३७ ॥ {३६}

uttare pītavarṇaśca vaiśravaṇastathā sthitaḥ |
bhujābhyāṃ saṃdadhad ratnaprasavabījapūrakauḥ || 237 || {36}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.237 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:
Buy now! English translation by Prof. Ramesh Kumar Dwivedi (2005)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (38.237). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Uttara, Pitavarna, Vaishravana, Tatha, Sthita, Bhuja, Ratna, Prasava, Bijapuraka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.237). 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: “uttare pītavarṇaśca vaiśravaṇastathā sthitaḥ ”
uttare -
uttara (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [locative single]

uttara (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

uttarā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
pītavarṇaś -
pītavarṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vaiśravaṇas -
vaiśravaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
sthitaḥ -
sthita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
Line 2: “bhujābhyāṃ saṃdadhad ratnaprasavabījapūrakauḥ || 237 |”
bhujābhyām -
bhuja (noun, masculine)

[instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]

bhujā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]
Cannot analyse sandadhad*ra
ratna -
ratna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ratna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
prasava -
prasava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
bījapūrakau -
bījapūraka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

bījapūraka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
auḥ -
o (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]

au (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]

au (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]

√u (verb class 2)

[imperfect active second single]
Cannot analyse 237

Last Updated: 03 August, 2021