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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 10.17
उदकार्थी यथा कश्चित् खानयेत् कूप जङ्गले ।
शुष्कं च पांसु पश्येत खान्यमाने पुनः पुनः ॥ १७ ॥
udakārthī yathā kaścit khānayet kūpa jaṅgale |
śuṣkaṃ ca pāṃsu paśyeta khānyamāne punaḥ punaḥ || 17 ||
It is a case similar to that of a certain man who in want of water goes to dig a well in an arid tract of land, and sees how again and again only dry sand is being dug up.
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 (10.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Udakarthin, Yatha, Kah, Cit, Kupa, Jangala, Shushka, Khanyamana, Puna,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 10.17). 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: “udakārthī yathā kaścit khānayet kūpa jaṅgale ”
- udakārthī -
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udakārthin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- yathā -
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yathā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]yathā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- kaś -
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kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]ka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative 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]
- khānayet -
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√khan (verb class 0)[optative active third single]
- kūpa -
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kūpa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- jaṅgale -
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jaṅgala (noun, masculine)[locative single]jaṅgala (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]jaṅgalā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- Line 2: “śuṣkaṃ ca pāṃsu paśyeta khānyamāne punaḥ punaḥ ”
- śuṣkam -
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śuṣka (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śuṣka (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śuṣkā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√śuṣ -> śuṣka (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √śuṣ class 4 verb], [accusative single from √śuṣ class 6 verb]√śuṣ -> śuṣka (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √śuṣ class 4 verb], [accusative single from √śuṣ class 4 verb], [nominative single from √śuṣ class 6 verb], [accusative single from √śuṣ class 6 verb]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pāṃsu -
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pāṃsu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- paśyeta -
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√paś (verb class 10)[optative passive third single]
- khānyamāne -
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√khan -> khānyamāna (participle, masculine)[locative single from √khan]√khan -> khānyamāna (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √khan], [vocative dual from √khan], [accusative dual from √khan], [locative single from √khan]√khan -> khānyamānā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √khan], [vocative single from √khan], [vocative dual from √khan], [accusative dual from √khan]
- punaḥ -
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pu (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]puna (noun, masculine)[nominative single]pū (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- punaḥ -
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pu (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]puna (noun, masculine)[nominative single]pū (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 10.17
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)