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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 10.21
यदा तु गम्भीरमिदं श्रावकाणां विनिश्चयम् ।
सूत्रराजं श्रुणिष्यन्ति चिन्तयिष्यन्ति वा सकृत् ॥ २१ ॥
yadā tu gambhīramidaṃ śrāvakāṇāṃ viniścayam |
sūtrarājaṃ śruṇiṣyanti cintayiṣyanti vā sakṛt || 21 ||
But those who have heard and oft meditated on this profound king amongst Sutras, this authoritative book for disciples,
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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 (10.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Yada, Yad, Gambhira, Idam, Shravaka, Vinishcaya, Sutraraja, Sakrit,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 10.21). 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: “yadā tu gambhīramidaṃ śrāvakāṇāṃ viniścayam ”
- yadā -
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yadā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]yadā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yadā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]yad (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- gambhīram -
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gambhīra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]gambhīra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]gambhīrā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- idam -
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idam (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- śrāvakāṇām -
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śrāvaka (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]śrāvaka (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]
- viniścayam -
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viniścaya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- Line 2: “sūtrarājaṃ śruṇiṣyanti cintayiṣyanti vā sakṛt ”
- sūtrarājam -
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sūtrarāja (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- Cannot analyse śruṇiṣyanti*ci
- Cannot analyse cintayiṣyanti*vā
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vā (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- sakṛt -
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sakṛt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sakṛt (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]sakṛt (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]sakṛt (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 10.21
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)