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)

यश्च तस्या महादेव्या धारणीं मुदितः स्मरन् ।
पठते सर्वदाप्येवं परेभ्यो ऽपि समादिशेत् ॥ ३१९ ॥ {१८}

yaśca tasyā mahādevyā dhāraṇīṃ muditaḥ smaran |
paṭhate sarvadāpyevaṃ parebhyo 'pi samādiśet || 319 || {18}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.319 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 (38.319). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yah, Mahadevi, Dharani, Mudita, Smarat, Pathat, Sarvada, Api, Apya, Evam, Eva, Para, Sama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.319). 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: “yaśca tasyā mahādevyā dhāraṇīṃ muditaḥ smaran
  • yaś -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tasyā* -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • mahādevyā* -
  • mahādevī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • dhāraṇīm -
  • dhāraṇī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • muditaḥ -
  • mudita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    mud -> mudita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √mud class 1 verb]
    mud -> mudita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √mud class 10 verb]
  • smaran -
  • smṛ -> smarat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
  • Line 2: “paṭhate sarvadāpyevaṃ parebhyo 'pi samādiśet || 319 |
  • paṭhate -
  • paṭh -> paṭhat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √paṭh class 1 verb]
    paṭh -> paṭhat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √paṭh class 1 verb]
    paṭh (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
  • sarvadā -
  • sarvadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sarvada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarvada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarvadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • apye -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    apya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    apyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • 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]
  • parebhyo' -
  • para (noun, masculine)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
    para (noun, neuter)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • samā -
  • samā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    samā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • diśet -
  • diś (verb class 6)
    [optative active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 319
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