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)

शुभे स्थाने पटं चापि देव्या मूर्त्तिं प्रसार्य च ।
याथाशक्ति समभ्यर्च्य त्रिवारान्धारणीं पठेत् ॥ २८४ ॥ {८३}

śubhe sthāne paṭaṃ cāpi devyā mūrttiṃ prasārya ca |
yāthāśakti samabhyarcya trivārāndhāraṇīṃ paṭhet || 284 || {83}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.284 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 (38.284). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shubha, Shubh, Sthane, Sthana, Pata, Capin, Capi, Devi, Devya, Murtti, Prasarya, Abhyarcya, Vara, Dharani,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.284). 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: “śubhe sthāne paṭaṃ cāpi devyā mūrttiṃ prasārya ca
  • śubhe -
  • śubha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    śubha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    śubhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    śubh (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    śubh (verb class 6)
    [present middle first single]
  • sthāne -
  • sthāne (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sthāna (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • paṭam -
  • paṭa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    paṭa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • 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]
  • devyā* -
  • devī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    dīv -> devya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √dīv], [vocative plural from √dīv]
    dīv -> devyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √dīv], [vocative plural from √dīv], [accusative plural from √dīv]
  • mūrttim -
  • mūrtti (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    mūrtti (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • prasārya -
  • prasārya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    prasārya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prasārya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “yāthāśakti samabhyarcya trivārāndhāraṇīṃ paṭhet || 284 |
  • yāthā -
  • (verb class 2)
    [present active second plural]
  • aśakti -
  • aśakti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • sam -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • abhyarcya -
  • abhyarcya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    abhyarcya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tri -
  • tri (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • vārān -
  • vāra (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • dhāraṇīm -
  • dhāraṇī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • paṭhet -
  • paṭh (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 284
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