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)

तत्र सा ज्यायसी वृद्धा शनैर्द्वारमुपाश्रिता ।
दृष्ट्वा चेटीं समाहूय मृदुगिरैवमब्रवीत् ॥ ५१९ ॥ {१६}

tatra sā jyāyasī vṛddhā śanairdvāramupāśritā |
dṛṣṭvā ceṭīṃ samāhūya mṛdugiraivamabravīt || 519 || {16}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.519 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 (38.519). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatra, Jyayas, Vriddha, Shanaih, Shana, Dvara, Upashrita, Ceti, Samahuya, Mridugir, Mridugira, Evam, Eva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.519). 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: “tatra jyāyasī vṛddhā śanairdvāramupāśritā
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • sā* -
  • so (noun, feminine)
    [accusative plural]
  • jyāyasī -
  • jyāyas (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • vṛddhā -
  • vṛddhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    vṛdh -> vṛddhā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √vṛdh class 1 verb]
  • śanair -
  • śanaiḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    śana (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    śana (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • dvāram -
  • dvāra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dvāra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • upāśritā -
  • upāśritā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “dṛṣṭvā ceṭīṃ samāhūya mṛdugiraivamabravīt || 519 |
  • dṛṣṭvā -
  • dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dṛś]
  • ceṭīm -
  • ceṭī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • samāhūya -
  • samāhūya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samāhūya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mṛdugirai -
  • mṛdugir (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    mṛdugir (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    mṛdugirā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • evam -
  • evam (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    evam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • abravīt -
  • brū (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 519
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