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)

ततस्ते व्रतिनः सर्वे दानं दद्युः स दक्षिणं ।
गुरवे देवताभ्यो ऽपि प्रणमेयुश्च सादरं ॥ २४९ ॥ {४८}

tataste vratinaḥ sarve dānaṃ dadyuḥ sa dakṣiṇaṃ |
gurave devatābhyo 'pi praṇameyuśca sādaraṃ || 249 || {48}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.249 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 (38.249). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Yushmad, Vratin, Vrati, Sarva, Dana, Dakshina, Guru, Devata, Api, Prana, Sadaram, Sadara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.249). 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: “tataste vratinaḥ sarve dānaṃ dadyuḥ sa dakṣiṇaṃ
  • tatas -
  • 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]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • vratinaḥ -
  • vratin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    vratin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    vratī (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • sarve -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • dānam -
  • dāna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • dadyuḥ -
  • (verb class 3)
    [optative active third plural]
    dyai (verb class 1)
    [perfect active third plural]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dakṣiṇam -
  • dakṣiṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dakṣiṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “gurave devatābhyo 'pi praṇameyuśca sādaraṃ || 249 |
  • gurave -
  • guru (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • devatābhyo' -
  • devatā (noun, feminine)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • praṇa -
  • praṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    praṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • meyuś -
  • may (verb class 1)
    [perfect active third plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sādaram -
  • sādaram (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sādara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sādara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sādarā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse 249
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