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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 10.2
सर्वज्ञत्वं च यो इच्छेत् कथं शीर्घं भवेदिति ।
स इमं धारयेत् सूत्रं सत्कुर्याद्वापि धारकम् ॥ २ ॥
sarvajñatvaṃ ca yo icchet kathaṃ śīrghaṃ bhavediti |
sa imaṃ dhārayet sūtraṃ satkuryādvāpi dhārakam || 2 ||
And he who is desirous of omniscience and thinks: How shall I soonest reach it? must try to know this Sutra by heart, or at least honour one who knows it.
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 (10.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Sarvajnatva, Katham, Katha, Shi, Gha, Iti, Idam, Sutra, Sat, Sad, Vapi, Vapin, Dharaka,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 10.2). 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: “sarvajñatvaṃ ca yo icchet kathaṃ śīrghaṃ bhavediti ”
- sarvajñatvam -
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sarvajñatva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- yo -
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yu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]yu (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- icchet -
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√iṣ (verb class 6)[optative active third single]
- katham -
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katham (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]katham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kathā (noun, feminine)[adverb]katha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]katha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- śīr -
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śī (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [vocative single]śī (noun, masculine)[nominative single], [vocative single]
- gham -
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gha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]gha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]ghā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- bhaved -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- iti -
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iti (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]iti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- Line 2: “sa imaṃ dhārayet sūtraṃ satkuryādvāpi dhārakam ”
- sa*i -
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si (noun, feminine)[vocative single]sa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]√as (verb class 2)[present middle second single]
- im -
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i (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- imam -
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idam (pronoun, masculine)[accusative single]
- dhārayet -
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√dhṛ (verb class 0)[optative active third single]
- sūtram -
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sūtra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- sat -
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sat (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sat (noun, masculine)[compound]sad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]sad (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]sat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- kuryād -
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√kṛ (verb class 8)[optative active third single]
- vāpi -
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vāpi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]vāpī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]vāpin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]vāpin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- dhārakam -
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dhāraka (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dhāraka (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]dhārakā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 10.2
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)