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)

यश्चैतद्धारणीं सम्यग् ऽलिखेल् लिखाययेदपि ।
लिखितां समादाय संस्थाप्य भजते गृहे ॥ ३२० ॥ {१९}

yaścaitaddhāraṇīṃ samyag 'likhel likhāyayedapi |
likhitāṃ samādāya saṃsthāpya bhajate gṛhe || 320 || {19}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.320 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 (38.320). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yah, Etad, Han, Arani, Likha, Api, Likhita, Samadaya, Samsthapya, Grih, Griha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.320). 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: “yaścaitaddhāraṇīṃ samyag 'likhel likhāyayedapi
  • yaś -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • etaddh -
  • etad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    etad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • -
  • ha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    han (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    han (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • araṇīm -
  • araṇī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse samyag'likhel*li
  • likhā -
  • likha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    likha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    likhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    likh (verb class 6)
    [imperative active second single]
  • āyayed -
  • i (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • Line 2: “likhitāṃ samādāya saṃsthāpya bhajate gṛhe || 320 |
  • likhitām -
  • likhitā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    likh -> likhitā (participle, feminine)
    [accusative single from √likh class 6 verb]
  • samādāya -
  • samādāya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • saṃsthāpya -
  • saṃsthāpya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    saṃsthāpya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saṃsthāpya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhajate -
  • bhaj (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
  • gṛhe -
  • gṛh (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    gṛh (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    gṛhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Cannot analyse 320
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