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Lotus Sutra (Saddharma-Pundarika) [sanskrit]
by H. Kern | 2013 | 16,351 words | ISBN-13: 9788120801226
The Lotus Sutra (Saddharma-pundarika) is an important Mahayana Buddhist scripture classified as one of the nine Dharmas. the Lotus Sutra deals with a wide range of important Buddhist teachings in twenty-seven chapters including the nature of the Buddhas and the inherent potentiality of becoming Buddha within all beings. This editions only contains the Sanskrit metrical text and the corresponding English translation. Alternative titles: Saddharma-puṇḍarīka-sūtra (सद्धर्म-पुण्डरीक-सूत्र).
Verse 2.21
उपायकौशल्य ममेतदग्रं भाषामि धर्मं बहु येन लोके ।
तहिं तहिं लग्न प्रमोचयामि त्रीणी च यानान्युपदर्शयामि ॥ २१ ॥
upāyakauśalya mametadagraṃ bhāṣāmi dharmaṃ bahu yena loke |
tahiṃ tahiṃ lagna pramocayāmi trīṇī ca yānānyupadarśayāmi || 21 ||
It is by my superior skilfulness that I explain the law at great length to the world at large. I deliver whosoever are attached to one point or another, and show the three vehicles.
English translation by H. Kern (2013) Buy now!
Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (2.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Upayakaushalya, Mama, Tad, Tat, Agram, Agra, Bhasha, Amin, Dharma, Bahu, Yena, Yah, Yat, Loka, Lagna, Prama, Yami, Yamin, Yana, Upada, Risha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 2.21). 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: “upāyakauśalya mametadagraṃ bhāṣāmi dharmaṃ bahu yena loke ”
- upāyakauśalya -
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upāyakauśalya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- mame -
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mamā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√mā (verb class 2)[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]√mā (verb class 3)[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]√mā (verb class 4)[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]√mā (verb class 1)[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
- tad -
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tad (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- agram -
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agram (indeclinable)[indeclinable]agra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]agra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]agrā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- bhāṣā -
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bhāṣa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]bhāṣa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]bhāṣā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ami -
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amin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]amin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- dharmam -
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dharma (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dharman (noun, masculine)[adverb]dharman (noun, neuter)[adverb]dharmā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- bahu -
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bahu (indeclinable)[indeclinable]bahu (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]bahu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]bahu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- yena -
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yena (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ya (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[instrumental single]yat (pronoun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- loke -
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loka (noun, masculine)[locative single]√lok (verb class 1)[present middle first single]
- Line 2: “tahiṃ tahiṃ lagna pramocayāmi trīṇī ca yānānyupadarśayāmi ”
- Cannot analyse tahim*ta
- Cannot analyse tahim*la
- lagna -
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lagna (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]lagna (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√lag -> lagna (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √lag class 1 verb]√lag -> lagna (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √lag class 1 verb]
- pramo -
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pramā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ūca -
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√uc (verb class 4)[perfect active second plural]√vac (verb class 2)[perfect active second plural]√vac (verb class 3)[perfect active second plural]
- yāmi -
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yāmī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]yāmi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]yāmin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]yāmin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]√yā (verb class 2)[present active first single]
- Cannot analyse trīṇī*ca
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- yānānyu -
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yāna (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- upadar -
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upada (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]upada (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]upadā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]upadā (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- ṛśa -
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ṛśa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- yāmi -
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yāmī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]yāmi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]yāmin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]yāmin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]√yā (verb class 2)[present active first single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 2.21
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)