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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 7.96
कुशलश्च सो पि तद पण्डितश्च प्रणायकोपाय तदा विचिन्तयेत् ।
धिक्कष्ट रत्नैरिमि सर्वि बाला भ्रश्यन्ति आत्मान निवर्तयन्तः ॥ ९६ ॥
kuśalaśca so pi tada paṇḍitaśca praṇāyakopāya tadā vicintayet |
dhikkaṣṭa ratnairimi sarvi bālā bhraśyanti ātmāna nivartayantaḥ || 96 ||
But he, the dexterous and clever guide, is searching in his mind for some apt device. Alas! he thinks, by going back these foolish men will be deprived of the possession of the jewels.
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 (7.96). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Kushala, Tada, Pandita, Pranayaka, Upaya, Dhikka, Bala, Atman, Atma, Ana, Nivarta, Yat, Yantri,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 7.96). 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: “kuśalaśca so pi tada paṇḍitaśca praṇāyakopāya tadā vicintayet ”
- kuśalaś -
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kuśala (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- so -
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so (noun, feminine)[compound]
- Cannot analyse pi*ta
- tada -
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tada (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tada (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- paṇḍitaś -
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paṇḍita (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√paṇḍ -> paṇḍita (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √paṇḍ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √paṇḍ class 10 verb]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- praṇāyako -
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praṇāyaka (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- upāya -
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upāya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- tadā* -
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tadā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]tada (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- vi -
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vi (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]vi (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]vi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]vi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ve (noun, masculine)[adverb]vī (noun, feminine)[adverb]vī (noun, masculine)[adverb]vī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]vi (Preverb)[Preverb]
- cintayet -
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√cint (verb class 10)[optative active third single]
- Line 2: “dhikkaṣṭa ratnairimi sarvi bālā bhraśyanti ātmāna nivartayantaḥ ”
- dhikkaṣ -
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dhikka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ṭa -
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ṭa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ṭa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- Cannot analyse ratnairimi*sa
- sarvi -
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- bālā* -
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bāla (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]bālā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- bhraśyanti -
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√bhraṃś (verb class 4)[present active third plural]√bhraś (verb class 4)[present active third plural]
- ātmā -
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ātman (noun, masculine)[compound], [nominative single]ātmā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ana -
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ana (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- nivarta -
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nivarta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]nivarta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- yantaḥ -
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yat (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]yantṛ (noun, masculine)[vocative single]√i -> yat (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √i class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √i class 2 verb]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 7.96
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)