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)

एवं सर्वे ऽपि लोकेशा ब्रह्मा विष्णुशिवादयः ।
श्रीदेवीधारणीविद्याधरां रक्षेयुरादरात् ॥ ९४७ ॥ {८४}

evaṃ sarve 'pi lokeśā brahmā viṣṇuśivādayaḥ |
śrīdevīdhāraṇīvidyādharāṃ rakṣeyurādarāt || 947 || {84}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.947 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 (38.947). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Evam, Eva, Sarva, Api, Lokesha, Brahma, Shivadi, Shridevi, Dharani, Vidyadhara, Adara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.947). 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: “evaṃ sarve 'pi lokeśā brahmā viṣṇuśivādayaḥ
  • evam -
  • evam (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    evam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • sarve' -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • lokeśā* -
  • lokeśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • brahmā* -
  • brahma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    brahmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • viṣṇu -
  • viṣṇu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    viṣṇu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • śivādayaḥ -
  • śivādi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    śivādi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • Line 2: “śrīdevīdhāraṇīvidyādharāṃ rakṣeyurādarāt || 947 |
  • śrīdevī -
  • śrīdevī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    śrīdevī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • dhāraṇī -
  • dhāraṇī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    dhāraṇi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • vidyādharām -
  • vidyādharā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • rakṣeyur -
  • rakṣ (verb class 1)
    [optative active third plural]
  • ādarāt -
  • ādara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • Cannot analyse 947
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