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)

सत्कुले दुर्लभं जन्म तत्रापि दुर्लभं क्षणं ।
दुर्लभं सुगतोत्पादं दुर्लभं तद्व्रतं भवे ॥ ९५ ॥ {९५}

satkule durlabhaṃ janma tatrāpi durlabhaṃ kṣaṇaṃ |
durlabhaṃ sugatotpādaṃ durlabhaṃ tadvrataṃ bhave || 95 || {95}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 14.95 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 (14.95). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Satkula, Durlabha, Janma, Janman, Tatra, Api, Kshanam, Kshana, Sugata, Utpada, Tadvrata, Bhava, Bhu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 14.95). 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: “satkule durlabhaṃ janma tatrāpi durlabhaṃ kṣaṇaṃ
  • satkule -
  • satkula (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    satkula (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    satkulā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • durlabham -
  • durlabha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    durlabha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    durlabhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • janma -
  • janma (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    janma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    janman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • 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]
  • durlabham -
  • durlabha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    durlabha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    durlabhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • kṣaṇam -
  • kṣaṇam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kṣaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kṣaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “durlabhaṃ sugatotpādaṃ durlabhaṃ tadvrataṃ bhave || 95 |
  • durlabham -
  • durlabha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    durlabha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    durlabhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • sugato -
  • sugata (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sugata (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sugatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • utpādam -
  • utpāda (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    utpāda (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    utpādā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • durlabham -
  • durlabha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    durlabha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    durlabhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tadvratam -
  • tadvrata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    tadvrata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tadvratā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • bhave -
  • bhava (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhava (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    bhu (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    bhu (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    bhavā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Cannot analyse 95
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