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)

भूयो ऽपि वचसा मे तां श्रीदेवीं परिपृछतु ।
केनाहं पापकेनैवं तिष्ठामि दुःखभागिनी ॥ ६८९ ॥ {२७}

bhūyo 'pi vacasā me tāṃ śrīdevīṃ paripṛchatu |
kenāhaṃ pāpakenaivaṃ tiṣṭhāmi duḥkhabhāginī || 689 || {27}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.689 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 (38.689). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhuyah, Bhuyas, Api, Vacasa, Asmad, Shridevi, Rip, Kena, Kah, Kim, Aha, Papaka, Evam, Eva, Duhkhabhagin, Duhkhabhagini,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.689). 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: “bhūyo 'pi vacasā me tāṃ śrīdevīṃ paripṛchatu
  • bhūyo' -
  • bhūyaḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    bhūyas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bhūyas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • vacasā* -
  • vacasa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vacasā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • me -
  • ma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ma (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • tām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • śrīdevīm -
  • śrīdevī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • pa -
  • pa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rip -
  • rip (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • ṛchatu -
  • ṛch (verb class 6)
    [imperative active third single]
  • Line 2: “kenāhaṃ pāpakenaivaṃ tiṣṭhāmi duḥkhabhāginī || 689 |
  • kenā -
  • kena (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kena (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kena (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ka (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • aham -
  • aha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • pāpakenai -
  • pāpaka (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    pāpaka (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental 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]
  • tiṣṭhāmi -
  • sthā (verb class 1)
    [present active first single]
  • duḥkhabhāginī -
  • duḥkhabhāginī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    duḥkhabhāgin (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Cannot analyse 689
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