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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 24.9
सचि शत्रुगणैः परीवृतः शस्त्रहस्तैर्विहिंसचेतसैः ।
स्मरतो अवलोकितेश्वरं मैत्रचित्त तद भोन्ति तत्क्षणम् ॥ ९ ॥
saci śatrugaṇaiḥ parīvṛtaḥ śastrahastairvihiṃsacetasaiḥ |
smarato avalokiteśvaraṃ maitracitta tada bhonti tatkṣaṇam || 9 ||
If a man be surrounded by a host of enemies armed with swords, who have the intention of killing him, he has but to think of Avalokitesvara, and they shall instantaneously become kind-hearted.
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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 (24.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Saci, Gana, Parivrita, Shastrahasta, Vihimsa, Cetasa, Avalokiteshvara, Maitracitta, Tada, Tatkshana,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 24.9). 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: “saci śatrugaṇaiḥ parīvṛtaḥ śastrahastairvihiṃsacetasaiḥ ”
- saci -
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saci (indeclinable)[indeclinable]saci (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]saci (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]saci (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]sacī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]sacī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]sacī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- śatru -
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śatru (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- gaṇaiḥ -
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gaṇa (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]
- parīvṛtaḥ -
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parīvṛta (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- śastrahastair -
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śastrahasta (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]śastrahasta (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- vihiṃsa -
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vihiṃsa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vihiṃsa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- cetasaiḥ -
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cetasa (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]cetasa (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- Line 2: “smarato avalokiteśvaraṃ maitracitta tada bhonti tatkṣaṇam ”
- smarato -
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- avalokiteśvaram -
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avalokiteśvara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- maitracitta -
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maitracitta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]maitracitta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- tada -
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tada (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tada (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- Cannot analyse bhonti*ta
- tatkṣaṇam -
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tatkṣaṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 24.9
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)