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)

वसुधारामहादेव्याः स्नानार्थमिमे घटाः ।
नीयंते ऽमृतसंपूर्णा अस्माभिरिति मन्यतां ॥ ८४७ ॥ {८४}

vasudhārāmahādevyāḥ snānārthamime ghaṭāḥ |
nīyaṃte 'mṛtasaṃpūrṇā asmābhiriti manyatāṃ || 847 || {84}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.847 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 (38.847). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vasudhara, Aha, Adevi, Snanartha, Iyam, Idam, Ghata, Amrita, Sampurna, Asmad, Iti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.847). 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: “vasudhārāmahādevyāḥ snānārthamime ghaṭāḥ
  • vasudhārām -
  • vasudhārā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • ahā -
  • aha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ādevyāḥ -
  • ādevī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • snānārtham -
  • snānārtha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    snānārtha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ime -
  • iyam (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    idam (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ghaṭāḥ -
  • ghaṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    ghaṭā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “nīyaṃte 'mṛtasaṃpūrṇā asmābhiriti manyatāṃ || 847 |
  • nīyante' -
  • (verb class 1)
    [present passive third plural]
  • amṛta -
  • amṛta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    amṛta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mṛ (verb class 1)
    [aorist middle third single]
    mṛ (verb class 6)
    [aorist middle third single]
  • sampūrṇā* -
  • sampūrṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sampūrṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • asmābhir -
  • asmad (pronoun, none)
    [instrumental plural]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • manyatām -
  • man (verb class 4)
    [imperative middle third single], [imperative passive third single]
    man (verb class 8)
    [imperative passive third single]
  • Cannot analyse 847
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