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)

नैरृते वसुगुप्ताख्या देवी रक्तास्तथा स्थिता ।
भुजाभ्यां विभ्रती छत्रं सर्वरत्नसमुज्वलं ॥ २३१ ॥ {३०}

nairṛte vasuguptākhyā devī raktāstathā sthitā |
bhujābhyāṃ vibhratī chatraṃ sarvaratnasamujvalaṃ || 231 || {30}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.231 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 (38.231). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nairrita, Nairriti, Vasugupta, Devi, Devin, Rakta, Tatha, Sthita, Bhuja, Chatra, Sarvaratna, Jvala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.231). 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: “nairṛte vasuguptākhyā devī raktāstathā sthitā
  • nairṛte -
  • nairṛta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    nairṛta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    nairṛti (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • vasuguptā -
  • vasugupta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • akhyā* -
  • khyā (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • devī -
  • devī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    devin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • raktās -
  • rakta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    raktā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    rag -> rakta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √rag class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √rag class 1 verb]
    rag -> raktā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √rag class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √rag class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √rag class 1 verb]
    raj -> rakta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √raj class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √raj class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √raj class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √raj class 4 verb]
    raj -> raktā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √raj class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √raj class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √raj class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √raj class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √raj class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √raj class 4 verb]
    rañj -> rakta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √rañj class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √rañj class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √rañj class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √rañj class 4 verb]
    rañj -> raktā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √rañj class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √rañj class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √rañj class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √rañj class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √rañj class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √rañj class 4 verb]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sthitā -
  • sthitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    sthā -> sthitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
  • Line 2: “bhujābhyāṃ vibhratī chatraṃ sarvaratnasamujvalaṃ || 231 |
  • bhujābhyām -
  • bhuja (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]
    bhujā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]
  • Cannot analyse vibhratī*ch
  • chatram -
  • chatra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    chatra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    chatrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • sarvaratna -
  • sarvaratna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • mu -
  • mu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • jvalam -
  • jvala (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse 231
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