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)

मातृका भैरवाः सर्वे सकुमारविनायकाः ।
महाकालाश्च डाकिन्यः शाकिन्यो ऽपि तथापराः ॥ ३१० ॥ {९}

mātṛkā bhairavāḥ sarve sakumāravināyakāḥ |
mahākālāśca ḍākinyaḥ śākinyo 'pi tathāparāḥ || 310 || {9}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.310 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 (38.310). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Matrika, Bhairava, Sarva, Kumara, Vinayaka, Mahakala, Dakini, Shakini, Api, Tatha, Apara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.310). 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: “mātṛkā bhairavāḥ sarve sakumāravināyakāḥ
  • mātṛkā* -
  • mātṛka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    mātṛkā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bhairavāḥ -
  • bhairava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    bhairavā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • 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]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kumāra -
  • kumāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kumāra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vināyakāḥ -
  • vināyaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vināyakā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “mahākālāśca ḍākinyaḥ śākinyo 'pi tathāparāḥ || 310 |
  • mahākālāś -
  • mahākāla (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ḍākinyaḥ -
  • ḍākinī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • śākinyo' -
  • śākinī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tatha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aparāḥ -
  • apara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    aparā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Cannot analyse 310
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