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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)
Verse 38.287
शुभे स्थाने गृहे देव्याश्चन्दनेनापि मंडलं ।
वर्त्तयित्वा तथा देवीं ध्यत्वावाह्य समर्चयेत् ॥ २८७ ॥ {८६}
śubhe sthāne gṛhe devyāścandanenāpi maṃḍalaṃ |
varttayitvā tathā devīṃ dhyatvāvāhya samarcayet || 287 || {86}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.287 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 (38.287). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Shubha, Shubh, Sthane, Sthana, Grih, Griha, Devi, Devya, Candana, Api, Mandala, Tatha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.287). 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 gṛhe devyāścandanenāpi maṃḍalaṃ ”
- śubhe -
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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 -
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sthāne (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sthāna (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- gṛhe -
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gṛh (noun, masculine)[dative single]gṛh (noun, neuter)[dative single]gṛhā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- devyāś -
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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]
- candanenā -
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candana (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]candana (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- maṇḍalam -
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maṇḍala (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]maṇḍala (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]maṇḍalā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “varttayitvā tathā devīṃ dhyatvāvāhya samarcayet || 287 |”
- Cannot analyse varttayitvā*ta
- tathā* -
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tathā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]tatha (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- devīm -
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devī (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- Cannot analyse dhyatvāvāhya*sa
- sam -
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sa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sam (Preverb)[Preverb]
- arcayet -
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√ṛc (verb class 0)[optative active third single]√ṛc (verb class 0)[optative active third single]
- Cannot analyse 287