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)

यश्चापि हृदयं देव्या लिखित्वा भूर्जपत्रके ।
मूर्द्ध्नि कण्ठे भुजे वाहौ दधाति नित्यमादरात् ॥ ३२१ ॥ {२०}

yaścāpi hṛdayaṃ devyā likhitvā bhūrjapatrake |
mūrddhni kaṇṭhe bhuje vāhau dadhāti nityamādarāt || 321 || {20}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.321 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 (38.321). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yah, Capin, Capi, Hridaya, Devi, Devya, Bhurja, Patraka, Kantha, Bhuj, Bhuja, Bhuji, Vaha, Vahi, Nityam, Nitya, Adara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.321). 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: “yaścāpi hṛdayaṃ devyā likhitvā bhūrjapatrake
  • yaś -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • cāpi -
  • cāpin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    cāpī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    cāpī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    cāpi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • hṛdayam -
  • hṛdaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    hṛdaya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    hṛdayā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • devyā* -
  • devī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    dīv -> devya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √dīv], [vocative plural from √dīv]
    dīv -> devyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √dīv], [vocative plural from √dīv], [accusative plural from √dīv]
  • likhitvā -
  • likh -> likhitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √likh]
  • bhūrja -
  • bhūrja (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhūrja (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • patrake -
  • patraka (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    patraka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • Line 2: “mūrddhni kaṇṭhe bhuje vāhau dadhāti nityamādarāt || 321 |
  • Cannot analyse mūrddhni*ka
  • kaṇṭhe -
  • kaṇṭha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kaṇṭh (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
  • bhuje -
  • bhuj (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    bhuj (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    bhuja (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhujā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    bhuji (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    bhuji (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    bhuj (verb class 6)
    [present middle first single]
  • vāhau -
  • vāha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vāhi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • dadhāti -
  • dhā (verb class 3)
    [present active third single]
  • nityam -
  • nityam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nitya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nitya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nityā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ādarāt -
  • ādara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • Cannot analyse 321
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