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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 2.40
पर्षत्कषायतां ज्ञात्वा लोकनाथो ऽधिवासयि ।
तत्तेषां कुशलं नास्ति शृणुयुर्धर्म ये इमम् ॥ ४० ॥
parṣatkaṣāyatāṃ jñātvā lokanātho 'dhivāsayi |
tatteṣāṃ kuśalaṃ nāsti śṛṇuyurdharma ye imam || 40 ||
The Lord, who knew them to be the dregs of the congregation, exclaimed: They have no sufficient merit to hear this law.
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 (2.40). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Parshad, Parshat, Kashayata, Tat, Tad, Kushalam, Kushala, Nasti, Dharma, Dharman, Yah, Yat, Idam,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 2.40). 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: “parṣatkaṣāyatāṃ jñātvā lokanātho 'dhivāsayi ”
- parṣat -
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parṣad (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]√pṛṣ -> parṣat (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √pṛṣ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √pṛṣ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √pṛṣ class 1 verb]√parṣ -> parṣat (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √parṣ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √parṣ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √parṣ class 1 verb]
- kaṣāyatām -
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kaṣāyatā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- jñātvā -
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√jñā -> jñātvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √jñā]√jñā -> jñātvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √jñā]
- Cannot analyse lokanātho'dhivāsayi
- Line 2: “tatteṣāṃ kuśalaṃ nāsti śṛṇuyurdharma ye imam ”
- tat -
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tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- teṣām -
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tad (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]sa (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]
- kuśalam -
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kuśalam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kuśala (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kuśala (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]kuśalā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- nāsti -
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nāsti (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- śṛṇuyur -
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√śru (verb class 5)[optative active third plural]
- dharma -
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dharma (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dharman (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- ye -
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yā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]ya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [accusative dual]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- imam -
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idam (pronoun, masculine)[accusative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 2.40
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)