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)

श्रीदेव्याः प्रतिमायैवं पटं वापि प्रसार्य च ।
यथाशक्ति समभ्यर्च्य धारणीं सर्वदा पठेत् ॥ २७६ ॥ {७५}

śrīdevyāḥ pratimāyaivaṃ paṭaṃ vāpi prasārya ca |
yathāśakti samabhyarcya dhāraṇīṃ sarvadā paṭhet || 276 || {75}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.276 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 (38.276). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shridevi, Pratimaya, Pratima, Evam, Eva, Pata, Vapi, Vapin, Prasarya, Yatha, Abhyarcya, Dharani, Sarvada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.276). 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: “śrīdevyāḥ pratimāyaivaṃ paṭaṃ vāpi prasārya ca
  • śrīdevyāḥ -
  • śrīdevī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • pratimāyai -
  • pratimāyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    pratimā (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    pratima (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    pratima (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • 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]
  • paṭam -
  • paṭa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    paṭa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vāpi -
  • vāpi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vāpī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    vāpin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vāpin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • prasārya -
  • prasārya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    prasārya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prasārya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “yathāśakti samabhyarcya dhāraṇīṃ sarvadā paṭhet || 276 |
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • aśakti -
  • aśakti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • sam -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • abhyarcya -
  • abhyarcya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    abhyarcya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dhāraṇīm -
  • dhāraṇī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • sarvadā -
  • sarvadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sarvadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • paṭhet -
  • paṭh (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 276
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