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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 15.20
यथा हि सो वैद्य उपायशिक्षितो विपरीतसंज्ञीन सुतान हेतोः ।
जीवन्तमात्मान मृतेति ब्रूयात् तं वैद्यु विज्ञो न मृषेण चोदयेत् ॥ २० ॥
yathā hi so vaidya upāyaśikṣito viparītasaṃjñīna sutāna hetoḥ |
jīvantamātmāna mṛteti brūyāt taṃ vaidyu vijño na mṛṣeṇa codayet || 20 ||
For even as that physician skilled in devices, for the sake of his sons whose notions were perverted, said that he had died although he was still alive, and even as no sensible man, would charge that physician with falsehood;
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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 (15.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Yatha, Sah, Vaidi, Vaidya, Upaya, Shikshita, Viparita, Sanjni, Sutana, Hetu, Jivanta, Jivat, Atman, Atma, Ana, Mrita, Mriti, Iti, Vijna, Mrisha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “yathā hi so vaidya upāyaśikṣito viparītasaṃjñīna sutāna hetoḥ ”
- yathā -
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yathā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]yathā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- so* -
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saḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- vaidya* -
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vaidī (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vaidya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- upāya -
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upāya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- śikṣito* -
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śikṣita (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√śikṣ -> śikṣita (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √śikṣ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śikṣ]√śak -> śikṣita (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √śak]
- viparīta -
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viparīta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]viparīta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- sañjñīn -
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sañjñi (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- a -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- sutāna -
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sutāna (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sutāna (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- hetoḥ -
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hetu (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- Line 2: “jīvantamātmāna mṛteti brūyāt taṃ vaidyu vijño na mṛṣeṇa codayet ”
- jīvantam -
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jīvanta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]jīvanta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]jīvantā (noun, feminine)[adverb]jīvat (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]√jīv -> jīvat (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
- ātmā -
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ātman (noun, masculine)[compound], [nominative single]ātmā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ana -
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ana (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- mṛte -
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mṛta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]mṛta (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]mṛtā (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]mṛti (noun, feminine)[vocative single]√mṛ -> mṛta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [locative single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √mṛ class 6 verb], [locative single from √mṛ class 6 verb]√mṛ -> mṛta (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √mṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √mṛ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √mṛ class 1 verb], [locative single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √mṛ class 6 verb], [vocative single from √mṛ class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √mṛ class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √mṛ class 6 verb], [locative single from √mṛ class 6 verb]√mṛ -> mṛtā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √mṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √mṛ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √mṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √mṛ class 6 verb], [nominative dual from √mṛ class 6 verb], [vocative single from √mṛ class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √mṛ class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √mṛ class 6 verb]
- iti -
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iti (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]iti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- brūyāt -
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√brū (verb class 2)[optative active third single]
- tam -
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ta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tā (noun, feminine)[adverb]tan (noun, masculine)[adverb]sa (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- vaidyu -
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- vijño* -
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vijña (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- mṛṣeṇa -
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mṛṣa (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]mṛṣa (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- codayet -
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√cud (verb class 0)[optative active third single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 15.20
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)