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)

एवं देवि करिष्यामि भवत्याज्ञां शिरो वहन् ।
तत्प्रसीद महादेव्या धारणीं संप्रदेहि मे ॥ ३५१ ॥ {५०}

evaṃ devi kariṣyāmi bhavatyājñāṃ śiro vahan |
tatprasīda mahādevyā dhāraṇīṃ saṃpradehi me || 351 || {50}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.351 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 (38.351). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Evam, Eva, Devi, Devin, Bhavati, Bhavat, Bhavant, Ajna, Shira, Shiras, Vahat, Tat, Tad, Pra, Sida, Mahadevi, Dharani, Samprada, Asmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.351). 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: “evaṃ devi kariṣyāmi bhavatyājñāṃ śiro vahan
  • 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]
  • devi -
  • devī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    devin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    devin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • kariṣyāmi -
  • kṛ (verb class 1)
    [future active first single]
    kṛ (verb class 2)
    [future active first single]
    kṛ (verb class 5)
    [future active first single]
    kṛ (verb class 8)
    [future active first single]
    kṛ (verb class 3)
    [future active first single]
    kṛ (verb class 6)
    [future active first single]
    kṝ (verb class 5)
    [future active first single]
    kṝ (verb class 9)
    [future active first single]
  • bhavatyā -
  • bhavatī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single]
    bhavat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [instrumental single]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • ājñām -
  • ājñā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • śiro* -
  • śiras (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    śira (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vahan -
  • vah -> vahat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √vah class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vah class 1 verb]
  • Line 2: “tatprasīda mahādevyā dhāraṇīṃ saṃpradehi me || 351 |
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • pra -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • sīda -
  • sīda (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sīda (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sad (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • mahādevyā* -
  • mahādevī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • dhāraṇīm -
  • dhāraṇī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • samprade -
  • samprada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    samprada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sampradā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ihi -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second single]
  • me -
  • ma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ma (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • Cannot analyse 351
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