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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 11.5
छोरित्व क्षेत्राणि स्वकस्वकानि तथ श्रावकान्तर मरुतश्च सर्वान् ।
सद्धर्मसंरक्षणहेतु सर्वे कथं चिरं तिष्ठिय धर्मनेत्री ॥ ५ ॥
choritva kṣetrāṇi svakasvakāni tatha śrāvakāntara marutaśca sarvān |
saddharmasaṃrakṣaṇahetu sarve kathaṃ ciraṃ tiṣṭhiya dharmanetrī || 5 ||
After laying out for each his peculiar field, as well as having (created) all disciples, men and gods, in order to preserve the true law, as long as the reign of the law shall last,
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 (11.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Cha, Kshetra, Svakasvaka, Tatha, Shravaka, Tara, Marut, Maruta, Sarva, Saddharma, Samrakshana, Katham, Katha, Ciram, Cira, Dharman, Etri,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 11.5). 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: “choritva kṣetrāṇi svakasvakāni tatha śrāvakāntara marutaśca sarvān ”
- cho -
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cha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ritva -
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- kṣetrāṇi -
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kṣetra (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- svakasvakāni -
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svakasvaka (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- tatha -
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tatha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tatha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- śrāvakān -
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śrāvaka (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- tara -
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tara (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tara (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tara (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√tṝ (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- marutaś -
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marut (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]marut (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]maruta (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]
- sarvān -
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sarva (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- Line 2: “saddharmasaṃrakṣaṇahetu sarve kathaṃ ciraṃ tiṣṭhiya dharmanetrī ”
- saddharma -
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saddharma (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- saṃrakṣaṇa -
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saṃrakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- hetu -
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hetu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- sarve -
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sarva (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [locative single]sarva (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]sarvā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- 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]
- ciram -
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ciram (indeclinable)[indeclinable]cira (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]cira (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]cirā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Cannot analyse tiṣṭhiya*dh
- dharman -
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dharman (noun, masculine)[vocative single]dharman (noun, neuter)[vocative single]
- etrī -
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etrī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 11.5
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)