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)

Verse 38.515

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मातामही न मे का चिदिति देवी वदत्यपि ।
अतः सा ते मुखं द्रष्टुं नैवेह समुपाव्रजेत् ॥ ५१५ ॥ {१२}

mātāmahī na me kā ciditi devī vadatyapi |
ataḥ sā te mukhaṃ draṣṭuṃ naiveha samupāvrajet || 515 || {12}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.515 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:
Buy now! English translation by Prof. Ramesh Kumar Dwivedi (2005)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (38.515). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Matamahi, Asmad, Cit, Iti, Devi, Devin, Vadat, Api, Atah, Tad, Yushmad, Mukha, Naiva, Iha, Upa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.515). 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: “mātāmahī na me kā ciditi devī vadatyapi ”
mātāmahī -
mātāmahī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
me -
ma (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

mā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
kā -
kā (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
cid -
cit (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

cit (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
devī -
devī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

devin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vadatya -
√vad -> vadat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √vad class 1 verb]

√vad -> vadat (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √vad class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √vad class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √vad class 1 verb], [locative single from √vad class 1 verb]

√vad (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

api (Preverb)

[Preverb]
Line 2: “ataḥ sā te mukhaṃ draṣṭuṃ naiveha samupāvrajet || 515 |”
ataḥ -
ataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
sā -
sā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

tā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
mukham -
mukha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mukha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
draṣṭum -
√dṛś -> draṣṭum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √dṛś]
naive -
naiva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
iha -
iha (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
sam -
sa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
upā -
upā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

upā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
vrajet -
√vraj (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
Cannot analyse 515

Last Updated: 03 August, 2021