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).

ये चापि विविधान् प्राणीन् हिंसेयुर्भोगकारणात् ।
मांसं सूनाय विक्रेन्ति संस्तवं तैर्विवर्जयेत् ॥ १० ॥

ye cāpi vividhān prāṇīn hiṃseyurbhogakāraṇāt |
māṃsaṃ sūnāya vikrenti saṃstavaṃ tairvivarjayet || 10 ||

With any persons who slay animals of various kind for the sake of profit, and with such as sell meat he should avoid having any intercourse.

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 (13.10). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yah, Yat, Capin, Capi, Vividha, Pra, Pran, Pranin, Bhoga, Karana, Mamsa, Suna, Samstava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 13.10). 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: “ye cāpi vividhān prāṇīn hiṃseyurbhogakāraṇāt
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • cāpi -
  • cāpin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    cāpī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    cāpī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    cāpi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • vividhān -
  • vividha (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • prāṇī -
  • prāṇin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    prāṇin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    prāṇ (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    prāṇ (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [nominative plural], [vocative dual], [vocative plural], [accusative dual], [accusative plural], [locative single]
    prā (verb class 2)
    [imperative active first single]
  • īn -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • hiṃseyur -
  • hiṃs (verb class 1)
    [optative active third plural]
  • bhoga -
  • bhoga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhoga (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kāraṇāt -
  • kāraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • Line 2: “māṃsaṃ sūnāya vikrenti saṃstavaṃ tairvivarjayet
  • māṃsam -
  • māṃsa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    māṃsa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • sūnāya -
  • sūna (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    sūna (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    -> sūna (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √ class 6 verb]
    -> sūna (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √ class 6 verb]
    -> sūna (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √ class 2 verb]
    -> sūna (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √ class 2 verb]
  • Cannot analyse vikrenti*sa
  • saṃstavam -
  • saṃstava (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse tairvivarjayet

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 13.10

Cover of edition (2013)

The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)

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Cover of edition (2001)

The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)

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