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)

मां दृष्ट्वा सहसोत्थाय शनैर्मन्दस्वरावदत् ।
स्वागतं भो भवानैतु रक्ष मां पापिनीं लघु ॥ ४१ ॥ {४१}

māṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasotthāya śanairmandasvarāvadat |
svāgataṃ bho bhavānaitu rakṣa māṃ pāpinīṃ laghu || 41 || {41}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.41 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 (4.41). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Asmad, Sahasa, Sahas, Utthaya, Uttha, Shanaih, Shana, Ravan, Rava, Adat, Svagata, Bha, Bhava, Bhavant, Raksha, Papini, Laghu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.41). 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: “māṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasotthāya śanairmandasvarāvadat
  • mām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative single]
  • dṛṣṭvā -
  • dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dṛś]
  • sahaso -
  • sahasā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sahasa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sahasa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sahas (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sahas (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sahasā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • utthāya -
  • utthāya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    uttha (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    uttha (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • śanair -
  • śanaiḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    śana (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    śana (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • mandasva -
  • mand (verb class 1)
    [imperative middle second single]
  • rāva -
  • rāvan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    rāvan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    rāva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ru (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperative active first dual]
  • adat -
  • adat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    adat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “svāgataṃ bho bhavānaitu rakṣa māṃ pāpinīṃ laghu || 41 |
  • svāgatam -
  • svāgata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    svāgata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    svāgatā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • bho* -
  • bha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    bhā (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • bhavān -
  • bhava (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    bhavant (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ai -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • etu -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperative active third single]
  • rakṣa -
  • rakṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    rakṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    rakṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • mām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative single]
  • pāpinīm -
  • pāpinī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • laghu -
  • laghu (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    laghu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    laghu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    laghu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    laghū (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    laghū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    laghū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse 41
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