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)

इति मत्वा महाराज श्रीदेव्याः शरणं गतः ।
सद्धर्मं स्वयमाकर्ण्य लोकाश्च श्रावय प्रभो ॥ ९५३ ॥ {९०}

iti matvā mahārāja śrīdevyāḥ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ |
saddharmaṃ svayamākarṇya lokāśca śrāvaya prabho || 953 || {90}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.953 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 (38.953). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iti, Matu, Matva, Maharaja, Maharajan, Shridevi, Sharana, Gat, Gata, Saddharma, Svayam, Akarnya, Loka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.953). 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: “iti matvā mahārāja śrīdevyāḥ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • matvā* -
  • matu (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    matvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • mahārāja -
  • mahārāja (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mahārājan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    mahārājan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • śrīdevyāḥ -
  • śrīdevī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • śaraṇam -
  • śaraṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śaraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śaraṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • gataḥ -
  • gat (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    gat (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    gata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “saddharmaṃ svayamākarṇya lokāśca śrāvaya prabho || 953 |
  • saddharmam -
  • saddharma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • svayam -
  • svayam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • ākarṇya -
  • ākarṇya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ākarṇya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • lokāś -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śrāvaya -
  • śru (verb class 0)
    [imperative active second single]
  • prabho* -
  • Cannot analyse 953
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