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)

देव्युवाच ।
पुरा आढ्यो गृहस्थो ऽभूद्विस्तीर्णपरिवारकः ।
संपदामुदयैर्नित्यं दानदस्येव संयुतः ॥ ७९४ ॥ {३२}

devyuvāca |
purā āḍhyo gṛhastho 'bhūdvistīrṇaparivārakaḥ |
saṃpadāmudayairnityaṃ dānadasyeva saṃyutaḥ || 794 || {32}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.794 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 (38.794). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Devi, Devin, Pura, Adhya, Grihastha, Vistirna, Parivara, Kah, Sampad, Sampada, Udaya, Nityam, Nitya, Dana, Samyuta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.794). 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: “devyuvāca
  • devyu -
  • devī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    devin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    devin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • uvāca -
  • vac (verb class 2)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
    vac (verb class 3)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
  • Line 2: “purā āḍhyo gṛhastho 'bhūdvistīrṇaparivārakaḥ
  • purā* -
  • pura (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    purā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • āḍhyo* -
  • āḍhya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • gṛhastho' -
  • gṛhastha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • abhūd -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [aorist active third single]
  • vistīrṇa -
  • vistīrṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vistīrṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • parivāra -
  • parivāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kaḥ -
  • kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 3: “saṃpadāmudayairnityaṃ dānadasyeva saṃyutaḥ || 794 |
  • sampadām -
  • sampad (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
    sampadā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • udayair -
  • udaya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • nityam -
  • nityam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nitya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nitya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nityā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • dāna -
  • dāna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dān (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • dasyeva -
  • das (verb class 4)
    [optative active first dual]
  • saṃyutaḥ -
  • saṃyuta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 794
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