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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 5.50
यानभेदं वर्णयन्ति बुद्धयानं तु निंश्चितम् ।
संसारचक्रस्याज्ञानान्निर्वृतिं न विजानते ॥ ५० ॥
yānabhedaṃ varṇayanti buddhayānaṃ tu niṃścitam |
saṃsāracakrasyājñānānnirvṛtiṃ na vijānate || 50 ||
Mention a diversity of vehicles, though the Buddha-vehicle be the only indisputable one. He who ignores the rotation of mundane existence, has no perception of blessed rest;
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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 (5.50). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Yana, Bheda, Varnayat, Varnayanti, Buddha, Ana, Samsaracakra, Ajnana, Vriti, Vijanat, Vijanata,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 5.50). 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: “yānabhedaṃ varṇayanti buddhayānaṃ tu niṃścitam ”
- yāna -
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yāna (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]yāna (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- bhedam -
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bheda (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- varṇayanti -
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varṇayantī (noun, masculine)[adverb]varṇayantī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]varṇayantī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√varṇ -> varṇayat (participle, neuter)[nominative plural from √varṇ class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √varṇ class 10 verb], [accusative plural from √varṇ class 10 verb]√varṇ -> varṇayantī (participle, feminine)[vocative single from √varṇ class 10 verb]varṇayat (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√varṇ (verb class 10)[present active third plural]
- buddhayā -
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buddhā (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- anam -
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ana (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- Cannot analyse niṃścitam
- Line 2: “saṃsāracakrasyājñānānnirvṛtiṃ na vijānate ”
- saṃsāracakrasyā -
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saṃsāracakra (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- ajñānānn -
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ajñāna (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- ir -
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i (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- vṛtim -
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vṛti (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vijānate -
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vijānat (noun, masculine)[dative single]vijānat (noun, neuter)[dative single]vijānatā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 5.50
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)