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)

कुत्र गंतुमिहायासि वदस्वेति निशम्य तत् ।
श्रीदेवीदर्शने गंतुमिहैमीत्यवदमहं ॥ ७५० ॥ {८८}

kutra gaṃtumihāyāsi vadasveti niśamya tat |
śrīdevīdarśane gaṃtumihaimītyavadamahaṃ || 750 || {88}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.750 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 (38.750). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kutra, Gantu, Iha, Ayasin, Iti, Nisham, Nisha, Tat, Tad, Shridevi, Darshana, Itya, Aha, Asmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.750). 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: “kutra gaṃtumihāyāsi vadasveti niśamya tat
  • kutra -
  • kutra (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kutra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • gantum -
  • gam -> gantum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √gam]
    gam -> gantum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √gam]
    gam -> gantum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √gam]
    gantu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • ihā -
  • iha (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • āyāsi -
  • āyāsin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    āyāsin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • vadasve -
  • vad (verb class 1)
    [imperative middle second single]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • niśam -
  • niśam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    niśa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    niśā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ya -
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “śrīdevīdarśane gaṃtumihaimītyavadamahaṃ || 750 |
  • śrīdevī -
  • śrīdevī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    śrīdevī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • darśane -
  • darśana (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    darśana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    darśanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • gantum -
  • gam -> gantum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √gam]
    gam -> gantum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √gam]
    gam -> gantum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √gam]
    gantu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • ihai -
  • iha (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • emī -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [present active first single]
  • itya -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    itya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    itya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    i -> itya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √i]
    i -> itya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> itya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
  • avadam -
  • vad (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active first single]
  • aham -
  • aha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 750
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