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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 4.24
सो चा धनी तं पुरुषं निरीक्षेद् गवाक्षओलोकनके ऽपि नित्यम् ।
हीनाधिमुक्तो अयु मह्य पुत्रः संकारधानं शुचिकं करोति ॥ २४ ॥
so cā dhanī taṃ puruṣaṃ nirīkṣed gavākṣaolokanake 'pi nityam |
hīnādhimukto ayu mahya putraḥ saṃkāradhānaṃ śucikaṃ karoti || 24 ||
The rich man continually observes him through the windows (and thinks): There is my son engaged in a low occupation, cleansing the heap of dirt.
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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 (4.24). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Dhanin, Dhani, Purusha, Gavaksha, Kanaka, Api, Nityam, Nitya, Hina, Mahya, Putra, Sankara, Dhana, Shucika, Karoti,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 4.24). 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: “so cā dhanī taṃ puruṣaṃ nirīkṣed gavākṣaolokanake 'pi nityam ”
- so -
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so (noun, feminine)[compound]
- cā* -
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ca (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]cā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- dhanī -
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dhanī (noun, masculine)[compound]dhanī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]dhanin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tam -
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ta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tā (noun, feminine)[adverb]tan (noun, masculine)[adverb]sa (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- puruṣam -
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puruṣa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]puruṣa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]puruṣā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Cannot analyse nirīkṣed*ga
- gavākṣa -
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gavākṣa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]gavākṣa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- olo -
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- kanake' -
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kanaka (noun, masculine)[locative single]kanaka (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]kanakā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- nityam -
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nityam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]nitya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]nitya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]nityā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “hīnādhimukto ayu mahya putraḥ saṃkāradhānaṃ śucikaṃ karoti ”
- hīnā -
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hīna (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]hīna (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]hīnā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√hā -> hīna (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √hā class 1 verb], [vocative single from √hā class 3 verb]√hā -> hīna (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √hā class 1 verb], [vocative single from √hā class 3 verb]√hā -> hīnā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √hā class 1 verb], [nominative single from √hā class 3 verb]
- adhimukto -
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- a -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- yu -
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yu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]yu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]yu (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]yū (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- mahya -
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mahya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]mahya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√mah -> mahya (participle, masculine)[compound from √mah]√mah -> mahya (participle, neuter)[compound from √mah]√mah -> mahya (absolutive)[absolutive from √mah]√mah -> mahya (absolutive)[absolutive from √mah]√mah -> mahya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √mah class 10 verb], [vocative single from √mah]√mah -> mahya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √mah class 10 verb], [vocative single from √mah]
- putraḥ -
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putra (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- saṅkāra -
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saṅkāra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]saṅkāra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dhānam -
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dhāna (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dhāna (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]dhānā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- śucikam -
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śucikā (noun, feminine)[adverb]śucika (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śucika (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- karoti -
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karoti (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]karoti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]karoti (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√kṛ (verb class 8)[present active third single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 4.24
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)