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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 5.57
दन्तैः संचूर्ण्य कांचित्तु पिष्ट्वा चान्यां तथापराम् ।
सूच्यग्रेण प्रवेश्याङ्गे जात्यन्धाय प्रयोजयेत् ॥ ५७ ॥
dantaiḥ saṃcūrṇya kāṃcittu piṣṭvā cānyāṃ tathāparām |
sūcyagreṇa praveśyāṅge jātyandhāya prayojayet || 57 ||
He applies them in this manner: one he gives to the blind man after chewing it, another after pounding, again another by introducing it with the point of a needle into the man's body.
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 (5.57). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Danta, Kam, Cit, Pishtva, Tatha, Apara, Sucyagra, Praveshin, Praveshya, Anga, Angi, Jatyandha, Prayas,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 5.57). 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: “dantaiḥ saṃcūrṇya kāṃcittu piṣṭvā cānyāṃ tathāparām ”
- dantaiḥ -
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danta (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]
- sañ -
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sa (noun, neuter)[adverb]
- cūrṇya -
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√cūrṇ -> cūrṇya (absolutive)[absolutive from √cūrṇ]
- kāñ -
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kām (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kā (pronoun, feminine)[accusative single]
- cit -
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cit (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]cit (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]cit (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- piṣṭvā -
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√piṣ -> piṣṭvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √piṣ]√pich -> piṣṭvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √pich]√pis -> piṣṭvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √pis]√pis -> piṣṭvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √pis]√piś -> piṣṭvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √piś]piṣṭvā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- cānyā -
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√cam -> cānya (absolutive)[absolutive from √cam]√cam -> cānya (absolutive)[absolutive from √cam]
- am -
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a (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ā (noun, feminine)[adverb]e (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- tathā -
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tathā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tatha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tatha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]tathā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- aparām -
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aparā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- Line 2: “sūcyagreṇa praveśyāṅge jātyandhāya prayojayet ”
- sūcyagreṇa -
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sūcyagra (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]sūcyagra (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- praveśyā -
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praveśin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]praveśin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]praveśya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]praveśya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]praveśyā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- āṅge -
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āṅga (noun, masculine)[locative single]āṅga (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]āṅgā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]āṅgi (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- jātyandhāya -
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jātyandha (noun, masculine)[dative single]jātyandha (noun, neuter)[dative single]
- prayo -
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prayas (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]prayas (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- jayet -
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√ji (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 5.57
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)