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)

आचार्यश्च तथा रात्रौ स्त्रिः कृत्वा दिवसस्य च ।
स लोकपालभूतेभ्यो बलिं दद्याद् यथाविधि ॥ २९७ ॥ {९६}

ācāryaśca tathā rātrau striḥ kṛtvā divasasya ca |
sa lokapālabhūtebhyo baliṃ dadyād yathāvidhi || 297 || {96}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.297 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 (38.297). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Acari, Acarya, Tatha, Ratrau, Ratra, Stri, Kritva, Kritvan, Divasa, Lokapala, Bhuta, Bali, Yathavidhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.297). 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: “ācāryaśca tathā rātrau striḥ kṛtvā divasasya ca
  • ācāryaś -
  • ācārī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    ācārya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tathā* -
  • tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • rātrau -
  • rātrau (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    rātra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • stri -
  • stṛ (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    strī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • iḥ -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kṛtvā -
  • kṛtvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛtvan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • divasasya -
  • divasa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “sa lokapālabhūtebhyo baliṃ dadyād yathāvidhi || 297 |
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • lokapāla -
  • lokapāla (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhūtebhyo* -
  • bhūta (noun, masculine)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
    bhūta (noun, neuter)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
  • balim -
  • bali (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • dadyād -
  • (verb class 3)
    [optative active third single]
  • yathāvidhi -
  • yathāvidhi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Cannot analyse 297
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