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)

नैवमत्र महाराज यन्मे स्वामि भवान्प्रभुः ।
तद्भवद्वाहनं हीनं कथमारोहयेय वै ॥ ४४१ ॥ {३८}

naivamatra mahārāja yanme svāmi bhavānprabhuḥ |
tadbhavadvāhanaṃ hīnaṃ kathamārohayeya vai || 441 || {38}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.441 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 (38.441). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Naiva, Asmad, Maharaja, Maharajan, Yat, Yad, Bhava, Bhavant, Prabhu, Tadbhava, Dva, Ahan, Hina, Katham, Katha, Aroha, Yeya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.441). 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: “naivamatra mahārāja yanme svāmi bhavānprabhuḥ
  • naiva -
  • naiva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • mat -
  • asmad (pronoun, none)
    [ablative single]
  • ra -
  • ra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mahārāja -
  • mahārāja (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mahārājan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    mahārājan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • yan -
  • yat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    i -> yat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative 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]
  • svāmi -
  • svāmin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • bhavān -
  • bhava (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    bhavant (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • prabhuḥ -
  • prabhu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    prabhu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “tadbhavadvāhanaṃ hīnaṃ kathamārohayeya vai || 441 |
  • tadbhava -
  • tadbhava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tadbhava (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dvā -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    dva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • āhanam -
  • āhan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • hīnam -
  • hīna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    hīna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    hīnā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    -> hīna (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √ class 3 verb]
    -> hīna (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √ class 3 verb], [accusative single from √ class 3 verb]
  • katham -
  • katham (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    katham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kathā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    katha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    katha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • āroha -
  • āroha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yeya -
  • -> yeya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ class 2 verb]
    -> yeya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ class 2 verb]
  • vai -
  • (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
  • Cannot analyse 441
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