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)

सा श्रीदेवी वसुंधारा दृष्ट्वा नौ भक्तिसाधनं ।
स्वयमत्र समाश्रित्य संदद्यादपि संपदं ॥ ५०० ॥ {९७}

sā śrīdevī vasuṃdhārā dṛṣṭvā nau bhaktisādhanaṃ |
svayamatra samāśritya saṃdadyādapi saṃpadaṃ || 500 || {97}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.500 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 (38.500). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shridevi, Vasundha, Ara, Asmad, Sadhana, Svayam, Atra, Samashritya, Sandadi, Api, Sampad, Sampada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.500). 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: “ śrīdevī vasuṃdhārā dṛṣṭvā nau bhaktisādhanaṃ
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • śrīdevī -
  • śrīdevī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    śrīdevī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • vasundhā -
  • vasundha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vasundha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vasundhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • arā* -
  • ara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    arā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active second single]
    rās (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • dṛṣṭvā -
  • dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dṛś]
  • nau -
  • na (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ni (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    nu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative dual], [dative dual], [genitive dual]
  • bhakti -
  • bhakti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • sādhanam -
  • sādhana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sādhana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sādhanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “svayamatra samāśritya saṃdadyādapi saṃpadaṃ || 500 |
  • svayam -
  • svayam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • atra -
  • atra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    atra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    atra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • samāśritya -
  • samāśritya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samāśritya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sandadyā -
  • sandadi (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • ad -
  • ad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    ad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • sampadam -
  • sampada (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sampadā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    sampada (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sampad (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse 500
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