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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 16.136
संसारे मानुषे जन्म दुर्लभं भवचारिणां ।
मानुष्ये लभ्यमाने ऽपि क्षणसंपत्सुदुर्लभा ॥ १३६ ॥ {२४}
saṃsāre mānuṣe janma durlabhaṃ bhavacāriṇāṃ |
mānuṣye labhyamāne 'pi kṣaṇasaṃpatsudurlabhā || 136 || {24}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 16.136 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 (16.136). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Samsara, Samsari, Manusha, Janma, Janman, Durlabha, Bhava, Carin, Manushya, Labhyamana, Api, Kshana, Sampad, Sampat,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 16.136). 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: “saṃsāre mānuṣe janma durlabhaṃ bhavacāriṇāṃ ”
- saṃsāre -
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saṃsāra (noun, masculine)[locative single]saṃsāri (noun, masculine)[vocative single]saṃsāri (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- mānuṣe -
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mānuṣa (noun, masculine)[locative single]mānuṣa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- janma -
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janma (indeclinable)[indeclinable]janma (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]janman (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- durlabham -
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durlabha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]durlabha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]durlabhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- bhava -
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bhava (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]bhava (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√bhū (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- cāriṇām -
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cārin (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]cārin (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]
- Line 2: “mānuṣye labhyamāne 'pi kṣaṇasaṃpatsudurlabhā || 136 |”
- mānuṣye -
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mānuṣya (noun, masculine)[locative single]mānuṣya (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]mānuṣyā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- labhyamāne' -
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√labh -> labhyamāna (participle, masculine)[locative single from √labh class 1 verb]√labh -> labhyamāna (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √labh class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √labh class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √labh class 1 verb], [locative single from √labh class 1 verb]√labh -> labhyamānā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √labh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √labh class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √labh class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √labh class 1 verb]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- kṣaṇa -
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kṣaṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]kṣaṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- sampatsu -
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sampad (noun, feminine)[locative plural]sampat (noun, masculine)[locative plural]sampat (noun, feminine)[locative plural]sampat (noun, neuter)[locative plural]
- durlabhā* -
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- Cannot analyse 136