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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 10.18
सो दृष्ट्वा चिन्तयेत्तत्र दूरे वारि इतो भवेत् ।
इदं निमित्तं दूरे स्यात् शुष्कपांसुरितोत्सृतः ॥ १८ ॥
so dṛṣṭvā cintayettatra dūre vāri ito bhavet |
idaṃ nimittaṃ dūre syāt śuṣkapāṃsuritotsṛtaḥ || 18 ||
On seeing which he thinks: the water is far off; a token of its being far off is the dry white sand which appears in digging.
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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 (10.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Sah, Tatra, Dure, Dura, Var, Vari, Itah, Ita, Idam, Nimitta, Syat, Sya, Shushka, Pamsu, Utsrita,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 10.18). 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: “so dṛṣṭvā cintayettatra dūre vāri ito bhavet ”
- so* -
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saḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- dṛṣṭvā -
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√dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √dṛś]
- cintayet -
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√cint (verb class 10)[optative active third single]
- tatra -
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tatra (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tatra (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tatra (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- dūre -
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dūre (indeclinable)[indeclinable]dūra (noun, masculine)[locative single]dūra (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]dūrā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- vāri -
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vāri (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]vāri (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]vārī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]vār (noun, masculine)[locative single]vār (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- ito* -
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itaḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ita (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√i -> ita (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √i class 2 verb]√i (verb class 2)[present active third dual]
- bhavet -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- Line 2: “idaṃ nimittaṃ dūre syāt śuṣkapāṃsuritotsṛtaḥ ”
- idam -
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idam (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- nimittam -
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nimitta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- dūre -
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dūre (indeclinable)[indeclinable]dūra (noun, masculine)[locative single]dūra (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]dūrā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- syāt -
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syāt (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]syāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]√as (verb class 2)[optative active third single]
- śuṣka -
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śuṣka (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]śuṣka (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√śuṣ -> śuṣka (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √śuṣ class 4 verb], [vocative single from √śuṣ class 6 verb]√śuṣ -> śuṣka (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √śuṣ class 4 verb], [vocative single from √śuṣ class 6 verb]
- pāṃsur -
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pāṃsu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ito -
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ita (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ita (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]itā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√i -> ita (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]√i -> ita (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]√i -> itā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √i class 2 verb]√i (verb class 2)[imperative active second plural]
- utsṛtaḥ -
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utsṛta (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 10.18
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)