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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 36.41
अनित्यं खलु संसारे मानुष्ये जन्म दुर्लभं ।
क्षणध्वंसि शरीरं च जीवितं च तृणाम्बुवत् ॥ ४१ ॥ {४०}
anityaṃ khalu saṃsāre mānuṣye janma durlabhaṃ |
kṣaṇadhvaṃsi śarīraṃ ca jīvitaṃ ca tṛṇāmbuvat || 41 || {40}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 36.41 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 (36.41). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Anityam, Anitya, Khalu, Samsara, Samsari, Manushya, Janma, Janman, Durlabha, Kshana, Dhvamsi, Dhvamsin, Dhvas, Sharira, Jivita, Trina, Tri, Ambuvat,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 36.41). 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: “anityaṃ khalu saṃsāre mānuṣye janma durlabhaṃ ”
- anityam -
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anityam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]anitya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]anitya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]anityā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- khalu -
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khalu (indeclinable)[indeclinable]khalu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]khalu (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]khalu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- saṃsāre -
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saṃsāra (noun, masculine)[locative single]saṃsāri (noun, masculine)[vocative single]saṃsāri (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- 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]
- 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]
- Line 2: “kṣaṇadhvaṃsi śarīraṃ ca jīvitaṃ ca tṛṇāmbuvat || 41 |”
- kṣaṇa -
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kṣaṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]kṣaṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dhvaṃsi -
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dhvaṃsi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]dhvaṃsī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]dhvaṃsin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]dhvaṃsin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]dhvas (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- śarīram -
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śarīra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- jīvitam -
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jīvita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]jīvita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]jīvitā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√jīv -> jīvita (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √jīv class 1 verb]√jīv -> jīvita (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √jīv class 1 verb], [accusative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- tṛṇā -
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tṛṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tṛṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]tṛ (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- ambuvat -
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ambuvat (noun, masculine)[compound]ambuvat (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]ambuvat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- Cannot analyse 41