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)

ततस्ता अप्सरोदेव्यः सर्वास्तत्र यथाक्रमं ।
स्वस्वासने समाश्रित्य प्रारभन्ति यथाक्रमात् ॥ ४०२ ॥ {३}

tatastā apsarodevyaḥ sarvāstatra yathākramaṃ |
svasvāsane samāśritya prārabhanti yathākramāt || 402 || {3}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.402 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 (38.402). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Tas, Apsaras, Apsara, Devi, Devya, Saru, Sarva, Tatra, Yatha, Akramam, Akrama, Svasu, Svan, Asana, Samashritya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.402). 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: “tatastā apsarodevyaḥ sarvāstatra yathākramaṃ
  • tatas -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • tā* -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • apsaro -
  • apsaras (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    apsara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • devyaḥ -
  • devī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    dīv -> devya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √dīv]
  • sarvās -
  • saru (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    sarva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • akramam -
  • akramam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    akrama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    akrama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    akramā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    kram (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active first single], [aorist active first single]
    kram (verb class 4)
    [aorist active first single]
  • Line 2: “svasvāsane samāśritya prārabhanti yathākramāt || 402 |
  • svasvā -
  • svasū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    svan (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    svan (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • āsane -
  • āsana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    āsanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • samāśritya -
  • samāśritya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samāśritya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse prārabhanti*ya
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • akramāt -
  • akrama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    akrama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • Cannot analyse 402
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