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 17.11

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जिह्वापि तस्य न कदाचि दुःखति न तस्य दन्ता पतिता भवन्ति ।
श्यामाथ पीता विषमा च जातु बीभत्सितोष्ठो न च जातु भोति ॥ ११ ॥

jihvāpi tasya na kadāci duḥkhati na tasya dantā patitā bhavanti |
śyāmātha pītā viṣamā ca jātu bībhatsitoṣṭho na ca jātu bhoti || 11 ||

His tongue is never sore; his teeth shall never fall out, never be black, yellow, unequal; his lips never become loathsome;
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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 (17.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jihva, Api, Tad, Danta, Patita, Bhavanti, Bhavat, Bhavant, Shyama, Han, Pita, Vishama, Jatu, Bibhatsita, Ushtha, Bha, Bhu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 17.11). 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: “jihvāpi tasya na kadāci duḥkhati na tasya dantā patitā bhavanti ”
jihvā -
jihva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

jihva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

jihvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

api (Preverb)

[Preverb]
tasya -
√tas -> tasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tas]

ta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

√tas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Cannot analyse kadāci*du
Cannot analyse duḥkhati*na
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tasya -
√tas -> tasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tas]

ta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

√tas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
dantā -
dantā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
patitā* -
patita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

patitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√pat -> patita (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √pat class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √pat class 1 verb]

√pat -> patitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √pat class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √pat class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √pat class 1 verb]
bhavanti -
bhavanti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

bhavantī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

bhavat (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

bhavant (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
Line 2: “śyāmātha pītā viṣamā ca jātu bībhatsitoṣṭho na ca jātu bhoti ”
śyāmāt -
śyāma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

śyāma (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ha -
ha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

han (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
pītā* -
pīta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

pītā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√pā -> pīta (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √pā class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √pā class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √pā class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √pā class 2 verb]

√pā -> pītā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √pā class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √pā class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √pā class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √pā class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √pā class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √pā class 2 verb]

√pā -> pīta (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √pā class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √pā class 3 verb]

√pā -> pītā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √pā class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √pā class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √pā class 3 verb]

√pai -> pīta (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √pai class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √pai class 1 verb]

√pai -> pītā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √pai class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √pai class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √pai class 1 verb]

√pi -> pīta (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √pi class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √pi class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √pi class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √pi class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √pi class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √pi class 3 verb]

√pi -> pītā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √pi class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √pi class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √pi class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √pi class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √pi class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √pi class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √pi class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √pi class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √pi class 3 verb]

√pī -> pīta (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √pī class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √pī class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √pī class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √pī class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √pī class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √pī class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √pī class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √pī class 4 verb]

√pī -> pītā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √pī class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √pī class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √pī class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √pī class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √pī class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √pī class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √pī class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √pī class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √pī class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √pī class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √pī class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √pī class 4 verb]
viṣamā -
viṣamā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jātu -
jātu (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

jātu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

jātu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

jātu (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

jātū (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

jātū (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

jātū (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
bībhatsito -
√bādh -> bībhatsita (participle, masculine)

[compound from √bādh]

√bādh -> bībhatsita (participle, neuter)

[compound from √bādh]

√bādh -> bībhatsita (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √bādh]

√bādh -> bībhatsita (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √bādh]

√bādh -> bībhatsitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √bādh]

√bādh (verb class 0)

[periphrastic-future active third single]
uṣṭho* -
uṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√vaś (verb class 2)

[present active second dual]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jātu -
jātu (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

jātu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

jātu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

jātu (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

jātū (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

jātū (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

jātū (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
bho -
bha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

bhā (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

bhu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

bhu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
ūti -
ūti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

ūti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 17.11

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

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

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Last Updated: 02 May, 2019