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)

भार्यार्थी लभते भार्यां सुतार्थी लभते सुतां ।
पुत्रार्थी लभते पुत्रान्पौत्रार्थी पौत्रमाप्नुयात् ॥ ३४७ ॥ {९७}

bhāryārthī labhate bhāryāṃ sutārthī labhate sutāṃ |
putrārthī labhate putrānpautrārthī pautramāpnuyāt || 347 || {97}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.347 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 (37.347). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bharyarthin, Bharyarthi, Labhat, Bharya, Sutarthin, Sut, Suta, Putrarthin, Putra, Pautra, Arthin, Arthi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.347). 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: “bhāryārthī labhate bhāryāṃ sutārthī labhate sutāṃ
  • bhāryārthī -
  • bhāryārthī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    bhāryārthī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    bhāryārthin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • labhate -
  • labh -> labhat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √labh class 1 verb]
    labh -> labhat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √labh class 1 verb]
    labh (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
  • bhāryām -
  • bhāryā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    bhṛ -> bhāryā (participle, feminine)
    [accusative single from √bhṛ]
  • sutārthī -
  • sutārthin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • labhate -
  • labh -> labhat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √labh class 1 verb]
    labh -> labhat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √labh class 1 verb]
    labh (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
  • sutām -
  • sut (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    sut (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    sutā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    su -> sutā (participle, feminine)
    [accusative single from √su class 5 verb]
    -> sutā (participle, feminine)
    [accusative single from √ class 6 verb]
    -> sutā (participle, feminine)
    [accusative single from √ class 2 verb]
    su (verb class 2)
    [imperative active third dual], [imperative middle third single]
  • Line 2: “putrārthī labhate putrānpautrārthī pautramāpnuyāt || 347 |
  • putrārthī -
  • putrārthin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • labhate -
  • labh -> labhat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √labh class 1 verb]
    labh -> labhat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √labh class 1 verb]
    labh (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
  • putrān -
  • putra (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • pautrā -
  • pautra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pautra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • arthī -
  • arthī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    arthī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    arthin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • pautram -
  • pautra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pautra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • āpnuyāt -
  • āp (verb class 5)
    [optative active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 347
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