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)

एषा महैश्वरी देवी बोधिलक्ष्मीर्जिनेश्वश्री ।
जननी सर्वबुद्धानां धात्री मातानुपालिनी ॥ ३३८ ॥ {३७}

eṣā mahaiśvarī devī bodhilakṣmīrjineśvaśrī |
jananī sarvabuddhānāṃ dhātrī mātānupālinī || 338 || {37}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.338 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 (38.338). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Esha, Mah, Maha, Aishvari, Devi, Devin, Bodhin, Lakshmi, Jina, Shri, Janani, Saru, Sarva, Abuddha, Dhatri, Mata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.338). 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: “eṣā mahaiśvarī devī bodhilakṣmīrjineśvaśrī
  • eṣā -
  • eṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • mahai -
  • maha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    maha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mahat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    mah (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    mahā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    mah (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • aiśvarī -
  • aiśvarī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    aiśvari (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • devī -
  • devī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    devin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bodhi -
  • bodhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bodhin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bodhin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • lakṣmīr -
  • lakṣmī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [accusative plural]
  • jine -
  • ji (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    jina (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    jina (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    jinā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ji (verb class 9)
    [present middle first single]
  • śva -
  • śvan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • śrī -
  • śrī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    śrī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • Line 2: “jananī sarvabuddhānāṃ dhātrī mātānupālinī || 338 |
  • jananī -
  • jananī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    janani (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • sarva -
  • saru (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    saru (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    saru (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarva (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • abuddhānām -
  • abuddha (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    abuddha (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    abuddhā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • dhātrī -
  • dhātrī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    dhātri (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • mātān -
  • māta (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • upāli -
  • upāli (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • -
  • (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
    ni (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Cannot analyse 338
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