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)

अथ चापि तथा शक्तौ यः श्राद्धः पुरुषः सुधीः ।
स्नात्वा शुद्धाम्वरो गेहे शोधयित्वा समंततः ॥ २७५ ॥ {७४}

atha cāpi tathā śaktau yaḥ śrāddhaḥ puruṣaḥ sudhīḥ |
snātvā śuddhāmvaro gehe śodhayitvā samaṃtataḥ || 275 || {74}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.275 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 (38.275). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atha, Capin, Capi, Tatha, Shakta, Shakti, Shaktu, Yah, Shraddha, Purusha, Sudhi, Snatva, Shuddha, Vara, Varas, Geha, Samantatah, Samantatas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.275). 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: “atha cāpi tathā śaktau yaḥ śrāddhaḥ puruṣaḥ sudhīḥ
  • atha -
  • atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • cāpi -
  • cāpin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    cāpī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    cāpī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    cāpi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • śaktau -
  • śakta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    śakti (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    śakti (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    śac -> śakta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative dual from √śac class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √śac class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √śac class 1 verb]
    śak -> śakta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative dual from √śak class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √śak class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √śak class 5 verb]
    śaktu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    śaktu (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • yaḥ -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śrāddhaḥ -
  • śrāddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • puruṣaḥ -
  • puruṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sudhīḥ -
  • sudhī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
    sudhī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “snātvā śuddhāmvaro gehe śodhayitvā samaṃtataḥ || 275 |
  • snātvā -
  • snātvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    snā -> snātvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √snā]
    snā -> snātvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √snā]
    snātvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • śuddhām -
  • śuddhā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    śudh -> śuddhā (participle, feminine)
    [accusative single from √śudh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √śudh class 4 verb]
  • varo* -
  • varas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • gehe -
  • geha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    gehā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • śodhayitvā -
  • śudh -> śodhayitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √śudh]
  • samantataḥ -
  • samantataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    samantatas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse 275
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