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)

तदहं सर्वदा तस्याः श्रीदेव्याः शरणं गता ।
श्रद्धया भक्तिभावेन चरिष्यामि व्रतं प्रभो ॥ ६३७ ॥ {३४}

tadahaṃ sarvadā tasyāḥ śrīdevyāḥ śaraṇaṃ gatā |
śraddhayā bhaktibhāvena cariṣyāmi vrataṃ prabho || 637 || {34}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.637 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 (38.637). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tada, Ham, Sarvada, Shridevi, Sharana, Gat, Gata, Shraddhaya, Shraddha, Bhavena, Bhava, Vrata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.637). 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: “tadahaṃ sarvadā tasyāḥ śrīdevyāḥ śaraṇaṃ gatā
  • tada -
  • tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ham -
  • ham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    han (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
  • sarvadā -
  • sarvadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sarvadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • tasyāḥ -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • śrīdevyāḥ -
  • śrīdevī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • śaraṇam -
  • śaraṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śaraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śaraṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • gatā -
  • gat (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    gat (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    gatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “śraddhayā bhaktibhāvena cariṣyāmi vrataṃ prabho || 637 |
  • śraddhayā -
  • śraddhayā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    śraddhā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • bhakti -
  • bhakti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • bhāvena -
  • bhāvena (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    bhāva (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • cariṣyāmi -
  • car (verb class 1)
    [future active first single]
  • vratam -
  • vrata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vrata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • prabho* -
  • Cannot analyse 637
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