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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 18.24
सत्त्वान गन्धान् पि तथैव जानति नराण नारीण च दूरतः स्थितः ।
कुमारकाणां च कुमारिकाणां गन्धेन सो जानति तेष स्थानम् ॥ २४ ॥
sattvāna gandhān pi tathaiva jānati narāṇa nārīṇa ca dūrataḥ sthitaḥ |
kumārakāṇāṃ ca kumārikāṇāṃ gandhena so jānati teṣa sthānam || 24 ||
He likewise perceives the smells exhaled by men, women, boys, and girls, at a considerable distance, and by the smell he knows where they are.
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 (18.24). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Sattva, Gandha, Tatha, Janat, Janati, Nara, Nari, Duratah, Duratas, Sthita, Kumaraka, Kumarika, Sah, Tad, Tan, Yushmad, Isha, Ishan, Sthana,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 18.24). 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: “sattvāna gandhān pi tathaiva jānati narāṇa nārīṇa ca dūrataḥ sthitaḥ ”
- sattvān -
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sattva (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- a -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- gandhān -
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gandha (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- Cannot analyse pi*ta
- tathai -
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tathā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tatha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tatha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]tathā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- aiva -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active first dual]
- jānati -
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jānat (noun, masculine)[locative single]jānat (noun, neuter)[locative single]√jñā -> jānat (participle, masculine)[locative single from √jñā class 9 verb]√jñā -> jānat (participle, neuter)[locative single from √jñā class 9 verb]√jñā -> jānatī (participle, feminine)[vocative single from √jñā class 9 verb]
- narā -
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nara (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]nara (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]narā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- aṇa -
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√aṇ (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- nārī -
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nārī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]nāri (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- ṇa -
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ṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dūrataḥ -
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dūrataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]dūratas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- sthitaḥ -
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sthita (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
- Line 2: “kumārakāṇāṃ ca kumārikāṇāṃ gandhena so jānati teṣa sthānam ”
- kumārakāṇām -
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kumāraka (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kumārikāṇām -
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kumārika (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]kumārika (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]kumārikā (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]
- gandhena -
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gandha (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]gandha (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- so* -
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saḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- jānati -
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jānat (noun, masculine)[locative single]jānat (noun, neuter)[locative single]√jñā -> jānat (participle, masculine)[locative single from √jñā class 9 verb]√jñā -> jānat (participle, neuter)[locative single from √jñā class 9 verb]√jñā -> jānatī (participle, feminine)[vocative single from √jñā class 9 verb]
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tan (noun, masculine)[compound], [nominative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- iṣa -
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iṣa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]iṣa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]iṣan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- sthānam -
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sthāna (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 18.24
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)