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)

Verse 38.925

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ये चापि श्रीमहादेव्या धारणीं श्रद्धयादरात् ।
भक्त्या पठंति शृण्वंति पाठयन्त्यपि सर्वदा ॥ ९२५ ॥ {६२}

ye cāpi śrīmahādevyā dhāraṇīṃ śraddhayādarāt |
bhaktyā paṭhaṃti śṛṇvaṃti pāṭhayantyapi sarvadā || 925 || {62}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.925 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 (38.925). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yah, Yat, Capin, Capi, Shrimahadevi, Dharani, Shraddhaya, Shraddha, Adara, Bhaktya, Bhakti, Pathat, Pathanti, Shrinvat, Pathayat, Pathayanti, Api,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.925). 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: “ye cāpi śrīmahādevyā dhāraṇīṃ śraddhayādarāt ”
ye -
ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
cāpi -
cāpin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

cāpin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

cāpī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

cāpī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

cāpī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

cāpi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

cāpi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

cāpi (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
śrīmahādevyā* -
śrīmahādevī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
dhāraṇīm -
dhāraṇī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
śraddhayā -
śraddhayā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

śraddhā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
adarāt -
adara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

adara (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
Line 2: “bhaktyā paṭhaṃti śṛṇvaṃti pāṭhayantyapi sarvadā || 925 |”
bhaktyā -
bhaktyā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

bhakti (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
paṭhanti -
√paṭh -> paṭhat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √paṭh class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √paṭh class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √paṭh class 1 verb]

√paṭh -> paṭhantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √paṭh class 1 verb]

√paṭh (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
śṛṇvanti -
√śru -> śṛṇvat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √śru class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √śru class 5 verb], [accusative plural from √śru class 5 verb]

√śru (verb class 5)

[present active third plural]
pāṭhayantya -
√paṭh -> pāṭhayantī (participle, feminine)

[compound from √paṭh], [adverb from √paṭh]

√paṭh -> pāṭhayat (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √paṭh], [nominative plural from √paṭh], [vocative dual from √paṭh], [vocative plural from √paṭh], [accusative dual from √paṭh], [accusative plural from √paṭh]

√paṭh -> pāṭhayantī (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √paṭh], [vocative single from √paṭh]

√paṭh (verb class 0)

[present active third plural]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
sarvadā* -
Cannot analyse 925

Last Updated: 03 August, 2021