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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 4.44
सुनिःस्पृहा स्मा वय दीर्घरात्रं बौद्धस्य ज्ञानस्य अनुत्तरस्य ।
प्रणिधानमस्माक न जातु तत्र इयं परा निष्ठ जिनेन उक्ता ॥ ४४ ॥
suniḥspṛhā smā vaya dīrgharātraṃ bauddhasya jñānasya anuttarasya |
praṇidhānamasmāka na jātu tatra iyaṃ parā niṣṭha jinena uktā || 44 ||
We have put aside all aspiration to superior Buddha-knowledge a long time ago; never have we devoted ourselves to it. This is the last and decisive word spoken by the Gina.
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 (4.44). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Nihspriha, Sma, Sman, Vaya, Dirgharatram, Bauddha, Jnana, Anuttara, Pranidhana, Asmaka, Jatu, Tatra, Iyam, Idam, Para, Nishtha, Jina, Ukta,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 4.44). 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: “suniḥspṛhā smā vaya dīrgharātraṃ bauddhasya jñānasya anuttarasya ”
- su -
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sū (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]sū (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]sū (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]so (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- niḥspṛhā -
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niḥspṛhā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- smā -
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smā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sman (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- vaya -
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vaya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ve (noun, masculine)[compound]√vay (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- dīrgharātram -
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dīrgharātram (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- bauddhasya -
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bauddha (noun, masculine)[genitive single]bauddha (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- jñānasya -
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jñāna (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- anuttarasya -
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anuttara (noun, masculine)[genitive single]anuttara (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- Line 2: “praṇidhānamasmāka na jātu tatra iyaṃ parā niṣṭha jinena uktā ”
- praṇidhānam -
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praṇidhāna (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- asmāka -
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asmāka (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]asmāka (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- jātu -
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jātu (indeclinable)[indeclinable]jātu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]jātu (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]jātu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]jātū (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]jātū (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]jātū (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- tatra -
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tatra (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tatra (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tatra (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- iyam -
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iyam (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ī (noun, feminine)[accusative single]ī (noun, masculine)[accusative single]idam (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single]
- parā* -
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para (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]parā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- niṣṭha -
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niṣṭha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]niṣṭha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- jinena -
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jina (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]jina (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- uktā -
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uktā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vac -> uktā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √vac class 2 verb], [nominative single from √vac class 3 verb]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 4.44
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)