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)

ततः स प्रेषिका देव्या भोग्यमप्रार्थयंत्यपि ।
तत्सूत्रमेव धृत्वाशु निम्ववनं मुदाचरन् ॥ ४९४ ॥ {९१}

tataḥ sa preṣikā devyā bhogyamaprārthayaṃtyapi |
tatsūtrameva dhṛtvāśu nimvavanaṃ mudācaran || 494 || {91}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.494 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 (38.494). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Presh, Devi, Devya, Bhogya, Artha, Yat, Yanti, Api, Tat, Sutra, Eva, Dhritva, Dhritvan, Ashu, Avana, Mud, Muda, Acarat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.494). 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: “tataḥ sa preṣikā devyā bhogyamaprārthayaṃtyapi
  • tataḥ -
  • 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]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • preṣi -
  • preṣ (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    pre (verb class 2)
    [present active second single]
  • kā* -
  • kās (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • devyā* -
  • devī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    dīv -> devya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √dīv], [vocative plural from √dīv]
    dīv -> devyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √dīv], [vocative plural from √dīv], [accusative plural from √dīv]
  • bhogyam -
  • bhogya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bhogya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    bhogyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ap -
  • ap (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [instrumental single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [instrumental single]
    ra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ārtha -
  • ārtha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ārtha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yantya -
  • yanti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [nominative plural], [vocative dual], [vocative plural], [accusative dual], [accusative plural]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √i class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √i class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √i class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √i class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √i class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √i class 2 verb]
    i (verb class 2)
    [present active third plural]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • Line 2: “tatsūtrameva dhṛtvāśu nimvavanaṃ mudācaran || 494 |
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • sūtram -
  • sūtra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dhṛtvā -
  • dhṛtvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    dhṛtvan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    dhṛ -> dhṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dhṛ]
  • āśu -
  • āśu (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    āśu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    āśu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    āśu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    āśu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • nim -
  • ni (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • va -
  • u (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ū (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    ū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    au (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    au (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • avanam -
  • avana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    avana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    avanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    van (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active first single]
  • mudā -
  • muda (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    muda (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mud (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    mudā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • acaran -
  • acarat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
    car (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active third plural]
  • Cannot analyse 494
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