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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 18.48
ये बोधिसत्त्वाः स्मृतिमन्त ध्यायिनो उद्देशस्वाध्यायरताश्च ये सदा ।
पर्षासु धर्मं च प्रकाशयन्ति गन्धेन तान् जानति बोधिसत्त्वः ॥ ४८ ॥
ye bodhisattvāḥ smṛtimanta dhyāyino uddeśasvādhyāyaratāśca ye sadā |
parṣāsu dharmaṃ ca prakāśayanti gandhena tān jānati bodhisattvaḥ || 48 ||
The Bodhisattva knows by the odour whether other Bodhisattvas are of good memory, meditative, delighting in their lessons and reading, and assiduous in preaching to congregations.
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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 (18.48). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Yah, Yat, Bodhisattva, Smritimat, Dhyayin, Dhyayi, Uddesha, Svadhyaya, Rata, Sada, Sad, Parsha, Dharma, Prakasha, Gandha, Janat, Janati,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 18.48). 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: “ye bodhisattvāḥ smṛtimanta dhyāyino uddeśasvādhyāyaratāśca ye sadā ”
- 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]
- bodhisattvāḥ -
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bodhisattva (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- smṛtiman -
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smṛtimat (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- ta -
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ta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]tan (noun, masculine)[compound]
- dhyāyino -
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dhyāyin (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]dhyāyin (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]dhyāyī (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- uddeśa -
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uddeśa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- svādhyāya -
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svādhyāya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]svādhyāya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ratāś -
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rata (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]ratā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√ram -> rata (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √ram class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √ram class 1 verb]√ram -> ratā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √ram class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √ram class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √ram class 1 verb]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- 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]
- sadā -
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sadā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sad (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]sad (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]sadā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “parṣāsu dharmaṃ ca prakāśayanti gandhena tān jānati bodhisattvaḥ ”
- parṣāsu -
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parṣā (noun, feminine)[locative plural]
- dharmam -
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dharma (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dharman (noun, masculine)[adverb]dharman (noun, neuter)[adverb]dharmā (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]
- prakāśa -
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prakāśa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]prakāśa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- yanti -
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yanti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]yat (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√i -> yat (participle, neuter)[nominative plural from √i class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √i class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √i class 2 verb]√i (verb class 2)[present active third plural]
- gandhena -
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gandha (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]gandha (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- tān -
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ta (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]sa (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- 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]
- 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 18.48
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)