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)

तथापि किं करिष्यामि नार्यहं हि पतिव्रता ।
तस्मात्तमेव भर्त्तारं स्मृत्वा स्थास्यामि सर्वदा ॥ १३५ ॥ {३३}

tathāpi kiṃ kariṣyāmi nāryahaṃ hi pativratā |
tasmāttameva bharttāraṃ smṛtvā sthāsyāmi sarvadā || 135 || {33}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 3.135 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 (3.135). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatha, Api, Kim, Nari, Narya, Aha, Asmad, Pativrata, Tasmat, Tad, Tama, Tami, Iva, Bharttri, Smritva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 3.135). 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: “tathāpi kiṃ kariṣyāmi nāryahaṃ hi pativratā
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tatha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • kim -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • kariṣyāmi -
  • kṛ (verb class 1)
    [future active first single]
    kṛ (verb class 2)
    [future active first single]
    kṛ (verb class 5)
    [future active first single]
    kṛ (verb class 8)
    [future active first single]
    kṛ (verb class 3)
    [future active first single]
    kṛ (verb class 6)
    [future active first single]
    kṝ (verb class 5)
    [future active first single]
    kṝ (verb class 9)
    [future active first single]
  • nārya -
  • nāri (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    nārī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    nārya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nārya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nṝ -> nārya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √nṝ class 9 verb]
    nṝ -> nārya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √nṝ class 9 verb]
  • aham -
  • aha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • pativratā -
  • pativratā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “tasmāttameva bharttāraṃ smṛtvā sthāsyāmi sarvadā || 135 |
  • tasmāt -
  • tasmāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single]
  • tame -
  • tama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    tama (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    tamā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tami (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • iva -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • bharttāram -
  • bharttṛ (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    bharttṛ (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • smṛtvā -
  • smṛ -> smṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √smṛ]
    smṛtvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sthāsyāmi -
  • sthā (verb class 1)
    [future active first single]
  • sarvadā* -
  • Cannot analyse 135
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