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)

स सेनस्तां महादेवीं प्रणत्वा सांजलिर्मुदा ।
श्रीदेव्या धारणीं विद्यां प्रणत्वा श्रद्धयाददे ॥ ३५५ ॥ {५४}

sa senastāṃ mahādevīṃ praṇatvā sāṃjalirmudā |
śrīdevyā dhāraṇīṃ vidyāṃ praṇatvā śraddhayādade || 355 || {54}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.355 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 (38.355). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sena, Mahadevi, Prana, Tva, Yushmad, Sanjali, Mud, Muda, Shridevi, Dharani, Vidya, Shraddhaya, Shraddha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.355). 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: “sa senastāṃ mahādevīṃ praṇatvā sāṃjalirmudā
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • senas -
  • sena (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • mahādevīm -
  • mahādevī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • praṇa -
  • praṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    praṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tvā -
  • tvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative single]
  • sāñjalir -
  • sāñjali (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    sāñjali (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • mudā -
  • mud (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    mudā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “śrīdevyā dhāraṇīṃ vidyāṃ praṇatvā śraddhayādade || 355 |
  • śrīdevyā* -
  • śrīdevī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • dhāraṇīm -
  • dhāraṇī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • vidyām -
  • vidyā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    vid (verb class 2)
    [optative active first single]
  • praṇa -
  • praṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    praṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tvā -
  • tvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative single]
  • śraddhayā -
  • śraddhayā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    śraddhā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • adade -
  • (verb class 1)
    [imperfect middle first single]
    dad (verb class 1)
    [imperfect middle first single]
  • Cannot analyse 355
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