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)

तथ चैकमहोरात्रमविछिन्नं पंथेन्मुदा ।
यावत्त्रिपंचसप्ताहोरात्राणि च पठेत्तथा ॥ २९६ ॥ {९५}

tatha caikamahorātramavichinnaṃ paṃthenmudā |
yāvattripaṃcasaptāhorātrāṇi ca paṭhettathā || 296 || {95}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.296 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 (38.296). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatha, Aika, Ahoratra, Avi, Chinna, Mud, Muda, Yavat, Panca, Pancan, Saptaha, Ratra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.296). 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: “tatha caikamahorātramavichinnaṃ paṃthenmudā
  • tatha -
  • tatha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tatha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aikam -
  • aika (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    aika (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    aikā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ahorātram -
  • ahorātra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • avi -
  • avi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    avi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    avi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    avī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • chinnam -
  • chinna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    chinna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    chinnā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • panthen -
  • panth (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • mudā -
  • mud (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    mudā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “yāvattripaṃcasaptāhorātrāṇi ca paṭhettathā || 296 |
  • yāvat -
  • yāvat (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yāvat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yāvat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    yāvat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tri -
  • tri (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • pañca -
  • pañca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pañca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pañcan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    pañcan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pañc (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • saptāho -
  • saptāha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • rātrāṇi -
  • rātra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • paṭhet -
  • paṭh (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • tathā* -
  • Cannot analyse 296
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