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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 18.39
उपरिं च देवेषु तथैव पुष्पा मन्दारवांश्चैव मञ्जूषकांश्च ।
या पारिजातस्य च सन्ति पुष्पा इह स्थितो घ्रायति ता स धीरः ॥ ३९ ॥
upariṃ ca deveṣu tathaiva puṣpā mandāravāṃścaiva mañjūṣakāṃśca |
yā pārijātasya ca santi puṣpā iha sthito ghrāyati tā sa dhīraḥ || 39 ||
That great man from his very place on earth smells the flowers here above (in the sky) with the gods, such as Mandaravas, Manjushakas, and those growing on the coral tree.
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 (18.39). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Upa, Deva, Tatha, Pushpa, Mandarava, Manjushaka, Parijata, Sat, Santi, Iha, Tan, Dhira,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 18.39). 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: “upariṃ ca deveṣu tathaiva puṣpā mandāravāṃścaiva mañjūṣakāṃśca ”
- upa -
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upa (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]upa (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]upa (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- rim -
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- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- deveṣu -
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deveṣu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]deva (noun, masculine)[locative plural]deva (noun, neuter)[locative plural]
- 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]
- puṣpā* -
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puṣpa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]puṣpā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- mandāravāṃś -
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mandārava (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- cai -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]cā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- aiva -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active first dual]
- mañjūṣakāṃś -
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mañjūṣaka (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- Line 2: “yā pārijātasya ca santi puṣpā iha sthito ghrāyati tā sa dhīraḥ ”
- yā -
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yā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single]
- pārijātasya -
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pārijāta (noun, masculine)[genitive single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (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]
- puṣpā* -
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puṣpa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]puṣpā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- iha -
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iha (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]iha (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- sthito* -
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- Cannot analyse ghrāyati*tā
- tā -
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tā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]tan (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- sa -
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sa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- dhīraḥ -
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dhīra (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 18.39
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)