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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 1.18
ददन्ति पुत्रांश्च तथैव पुत्रीः प्रियाणि मांसानि ददन्ति केचित् ।
हस्तांश्च पादांश्च ददन्ति याचिताः पर्येषमाणा इममग्रबोधिम् ॥ १८ ॥
dadanti putrāṃśca tathaiva putrīḥ priyāṇi māṃsāni dadanti kecit |
hastāṃśca pādāṃśca dadanti yācitāḥ paryeṣamāṇā imamagrabodhim || 18 ||
Some, again, give their children and wives; others their own flesh; (or) offer, when bidden, their hands and feet, striving to gain supreme enlightenment.
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 (1.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Putra, Tatha, Putri, Priya, Mamsa, Kah, Kim, Cit, Hasta, Pada, Padat, Yacita, Pari, Ishamana, Idam, Agrabodhi,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 1.18). 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: “dadanti putrāṃśca tathaiva putrīḥ priyāṇi māṃsāni dadanti kecit ”
- dadanti -
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√dā (verb class 1)[present active third plural]√dad (verb class 1)[present active third plural]
- putrāṃś -
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putra (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]
- 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]
- putrīḥ -
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putrī (noun, feminine)[accusative plural]
- priyāṇi -
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priya (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- māṃsāni -
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māṃsa (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- dadanti -
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√dā (verb class 1)[present active third plural]√dad (verb class 1)[present active third plural]
- ke -
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ka (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]ka (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]kā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- cit -
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cit (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]cit (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]cit (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- Line 2: “hastāṃśca pādāṃśca dadanti yācitāḥ paryeṣamāṇā imamagrabodhim ”
- hastāṃś -
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hasta (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]
- pādāṃś -
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pāda (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]pādāt (noun, masculine)[nominative single], [vocative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dadanti -
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√dā (verb class 1)[present active third plural]√dad (verb class 1)[present active third plural]
- yācitāḥ -
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yācita (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]yācitā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√yāc -> yācita (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √yāc class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √yāc class 1 verb]√yāc -> yācitā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √yāc class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √yāc class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √yāc class 1 verb]
- parye -
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pari (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]parī (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single], [dative single]parī (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- īṣamāṇā* -
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√īṣ -> īṣamāṇa (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √īṣ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √īṣ class 1 verb]√īṣ -> īṣamāṇā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √īṣ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √īṣ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √īṣ class 1 verb]
- imam -
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idam (pronoun, masculine)[accusative single]
- agrabodhim -
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agrabodhi (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 1.18
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)