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)

अपि च जन्म मानुष्यं दुल्लभं भवचारिणां ।
तत्रापि मरणं नित्यं पुरतः सर्वसंमुखं ॥ ६७ ॥ {६७}

api ca janma mānuṣyaṃ dullabhaṃ bhavacāriṇāṃ |
tatrāpi maraṇaṃ nityaṃ purataḥ sarvasaṃmukhaṃ || 67 || {67}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 11.67 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 (11.67). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Api, Janma, Janman, Manushya, Dut, Labha, Bhava, Carin, Tatra, Marana, Nityam, Nitya, Puratah, Purat, Saru, Sarva, Asammukha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 11.67). 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: “api ca janma mānuṣyaṃ dullabhaṃ bhavacāriṇāṃ
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • janma -
  • janma (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    janma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    janman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • mānuṣyam -
  • mānuṣya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    mānuṣya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    mānuṣyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • dul -
  • dut (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • labham -
  • labha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    labha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    labhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • bhava -
  • bhava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhava (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • cāriṇām -
  • cārin (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    cārin (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • Line 2: “tatrāpi maraṇaṃ nityaṃ purataḥ sarvasaṃmukhaṃ || 67 |
  • tatrā -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • maraṇam -
  • maraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • nityam -
  • nityam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nitya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nitya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nityā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • purataḥ -
  • purataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pur -> purat (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √pur class 6 verb], [ablative single from √pur class 6 verb], [genitive single from √pur class 6 verb]
    pur -> purat (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √pur class 6 verb], [genitive single from √pur class 6 verb]
    pur (verb class 6)
    [present active third dual]
  • sarva -
  • saru (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    saru (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    saru (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarva (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • asaṃmukham -
  • asaṃmukha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    asaṃmukha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse 67
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