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)

कर्णधार महावाहो तवाहं शरणं व्रजे ।
तत्स्वस्ति चारयन्नौकां यात्रासिद्धिं प्रसाधय ॥ २३२ ॥ {३०}

karṇadhāra mahāvāho tavāhaṃ śaraṇaṃ vraje |
tatsvasti cārayannaukāṃ yātrāsiddhiṃ prasādhaya || 232 || {30}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.232 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 (12.232). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Karnadhara, Mah, Maha, Mahi, Aho, Yushmad, Aha, Asmad, Sharana, Vraja, Tat, Tad, Svasti, Carayat, Uka, Yatra, Yatri, Asiddhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.232). 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: “karṇadhāra mahāvāho tavāhaṃ śaraṇaṃ vraje
  • karṇadhāra -
  • karṇadhāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mahāvā -
  • mah (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    maha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    mahi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    mahi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    mah (verb class 1)
    [imperative active first dual]
  • āho -
  • āho (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • tavā -
  • yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [genitive single]
  • aham -
  • aha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • śaraṇam -
  • śaraṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śaraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śaraṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • vraje -
  • vraja (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    vraja (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • Line 2: “tatsvasti cārayannaukāṃ yātrāsiddhiṃ prasādhaya || 232 |
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • svasti -
  • svasti (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    svasti (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    svasti (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    svastī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    svastī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    svastī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • cārayann -
  • car -> cārayat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √car], [vocative single from √car]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ukā -
  • uka (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • am -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • yātrā -
  • yātra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yātra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yātrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    yātṛ (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yātṛ (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • asiddhim -
  • asiddhi (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • prasā -
  • pras (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • adhaya* -
  • Cannot analyse 232
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