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)

यथा मया प्रतिज्ञातं कर्त्तुं न शक्यते ऽन्यथा ।
तदहं ते कुमाराय दास्यामि स्वात्मजामिमां ॥ १३९ ॥ {३९}

yathā mayā pratijñātaṃ karttuṃ na śakyate 'nyathā |
tadahaṃ te kumārāya dāsyāmi svātmajāmimāṃ || 139 || {39}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 33.139 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 (33.139). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yatha, Maya, Asmad, Pratijnata, Shakyata, Anyatha, Tada, Ham, Tad, Yushmad, Kumara, Jami,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 33.139). 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: “yathā mayā pratijñātaṃ karttuṃ na śakyate 'nyathā
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • mayā -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    mayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [instrumental single]
  • pratijñātam -
  • pratijñāta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pratijñāta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pratijñātā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • karttum -
  • kṛt -> karttum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √kṛt]
    kṛt -> karttum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √kṛt]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śakyate' -
  • śakyatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    śak (verb class 5)
    [present passive third single]
  • anyathā -
  • anyathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    anyathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “tadahaṃ te kumārāya dāsyāmi svātmajāmimāṃ || 139 |
  • tada -
  • tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ham -
  • ham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    han (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • kumārāya -
  • kumāra (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    kumāra (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • dāsyāmi -
  • (verb class 1)
    [future active first single]
    (verb class 3)
    [future active first single]
    (verb class 2)
    [future active first single]
    (verb class 4)
    [future active first single]
  • svātma -
  • svātman (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • jāmim -
  • jāmi (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    jāmi (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • ām -
  • ā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse 139
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