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)

तथा सर्वत्र लोकेषु श्रीदेव्या व्रतमादिशत् ।
बोधयित्वा प्रयत्नेन प्राचारयत्समंततः ॥ ९०४ ॥ {४१}

tathā sarvatra lokeṣu śrīdevyā vratamādiśat |
bodhayitvā prayatnena prācārayatsamaṃtataḥ || 904 || {41}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.904 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 (38.904). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatha, Sarvatra, Loka, Shridevi, Vrata, Bodhayitva, Prayatna, Pracara, Yat, Yad, Samantatah, Samantatas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.904). 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: “tathā sarvatra lokeṣu śrīdevyā vratamādiśat
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sarvatra -
  • sarvatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • lokeṣu -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
  • śrīdevyā* -
  • śrīdevī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • vratam -
  • vrata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vrata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ā -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • adiśat -
  • diś (verb class 6)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • Line 2: “bodhayitvā prayatnena prācārayatsamaṃtataḥ || 904 |
  • bodhayitvā -
  • budh -> bodhayitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √budh]
    bodhayitvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • prayatnena -
  • prayatna (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • prācāra -
  • prācāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prācāra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yat -
  • yat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • samantataḥ -
  • samantataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    samantatas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse 904
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