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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 18.37
पृथिवीय ये चापि निधान सन्ति घनं हिरण्यं च सुवर्णरूप्यम् ।
मञ्जूष लोही च तथा सुपूर्णा गन्धेन सो घ्रायति बोधिसत्त्वः ॥ ३७ ॥
pṛthivīya ye cāpi nidhāna santi ghanaṃ hiraṇyaṃ ca suvarṇarūpyam |
mañjūṣa lohī ca tathā supūrṇā gandhena so ghrāyati bodhisattvaḥ || 37 ||
That Bodhisattva by the scent smells treasures hidden in the ground, money, gold, bullion, silver, chests, and metal pots.
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 (18.37). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Prithivi, Yah, Yat, Capin, Capi, Nidhana, Sat, Santi, Ghanam, Ghana, Hiranya, Suvarna, Rupya, Manju, Usha, Lohi, Tatha, Supurna, Gandha, Bodhisattva,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 18.37). 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: “pṛthivīya ye cāpi nidhāna santi ghanaṃ hiraṇyaṃ ca suvarṇarūpyam ”
- pṛthivī -
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pṛthivi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]pṛthivī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
- iya -
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√i (verb class 2)[perfect active second plural]
- ye -
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ya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- cāpi -
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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]
- nidhāna -
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nidhāna (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]nidhāna (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- santi -
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santi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]santi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]santi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]sat (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√as (verb class 2)[present active third plural]
- ghanam -
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ghanam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ghana (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ghana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]ghanā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- hiraṇyam -
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hiraṇya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]hiraṇya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]hiraṇyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- suvarṇa -
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suvarṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]suvarṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- rūpyam -
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rūpya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]rūpya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]rūpyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√rūp -> rūpya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √rūp class 10 verb]√rūp -> rūpya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √rūp class 10 verb], [accusative single from √rūp class 10 verb]
- Line 2: “mañjūṣa lohī ca tathā supūrṇā gandhena so ghrāyati bodhisattvaḥ ”
- mañjū -
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mañju (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]mañju (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]mañju (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- uṣa -
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uṣa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]uṣa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- lohī -
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lohī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- tathā -
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tathā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tathā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- supūrṇā* -
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supūrṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]supūrṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- gandhena -
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gandha (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]gandha (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- so* -
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- Cannot analyse ghrāyati*bo
- bodhisattvaḥ -
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bodhisattva (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 18.37
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)