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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 5.30
गिरिकन्देषू विहरन्ति ये च प्रत्येकबोधिं स्पृहयन्ति ये नराः ।
ये ईदृशा मध्यविशुद्धबुद्धयः सा मध्यमा ओषधि संप्रवुत्ता ॥ ३० ॥
girikandeṣū viharanti ye ca pratyekabodhiṃ spṛhayanti ye narāḥ |
ye īdṛśā madhyaviśuddhabuddhayaḥ sā madhyamā oṣadhi saṃpravuttā || 30 ||
Mean plants are called the men who, dwelling in mountain caverns, covet the state of a Pratyekabuddha, and whose intelligence is moderately purified.
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 (5.30). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Gir, Viharat, Viharanti, Yah, Yat, Pratyekabodhi, Sprihayat, Sprihayanti, Nara, Idrisha, Madhya, Vishuddha, Buddhi, Madhyama, Oshadhi,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 5.30). 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: “girikandeṣū viharanti ye ca pratyekabodhiṃ spṛhayanti ye narāḥ ”
- giri -
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giri (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]giri (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]gir (noun, feminine)[locative single]gir (noun, masculine)[locative single]gir (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- kandeṣū -
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- viharanti -
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viharanti (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]viharanti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]viharanti (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]viharantī (noun, masculine)[adverb]viharantī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]viharantī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]viharat (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- ye -
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ya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pratyekabodhim -
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pratyekabodhi (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- spṛhayanti -
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√spṛh -> spṛhayat (participle, neuter)[nominative plural from √spṛh class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √spṛh class 10 verb], [accusative plural from √spṛh class 10 verb]√spṛh -> spṛhayantī (participle, feminine)[vocative single from √spṛh class 10 verb]√spṛh (verb class 10)[present active third plural]
- ye -
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ya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- narāḥ -
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nara (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]narā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- Line 2: “ye īdṛśā madhyaviśuddhabuddhayaḥ sā madhyamā oṣadhi saṃpravuttā ”
- 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]
- īdṛśā* -
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īdṛśa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]īdṛśā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- madhya -
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madhya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]madhya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- viśuddha -
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viśuddha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]viśuddha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- buddhayaḥ -
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buddhi (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- sā* -
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so (noun, feminine)[accusative plural]
- madhyamā* -
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madhyama (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]madhyamā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- oṣadhi -
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oṣadhi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]oṣadhī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- Cannot analyse sampravuttā
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 5.30
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)