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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 1.22
कांश्चिच्च पश्याम्यहु बोधिसत्त्वान् भिक्षू समानाः पवने वसन्ति ।
शून्यान्यरण्यानि निषेवमाणान् उद्देशस्वाध्यायरतांश्च कांश्चित् ॥ २२ ॥
kāṃścicca paśyāmyahu bodhisattvān bhikṣū samānāḥ pavane vasanti |
śūnyānyaraṇyāni niṣevamāṇān uddeśasvādhyāyaratāṃśca kāṃścit || 22 ||
I see also many Bodhisattvas like monks, living in the forest, and others inhabiting the empty wilderness, engaged in reciting and reading.
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 (1.22). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Kah, Cit, Pashya, Yahu, Bodhisattva, Bhikshu, Samana, Pavana, Vasat, Vasanti, Shunya, Aranya, Aranyani, Nishevamana, Uddesha, Svadhyaya, Rata,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 1.22). 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: “kāṃścicca paśyāmyahu bodhisattvān bhikṣū samānāḥ pavane vasanti ”
- kāṃś -
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ka (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- cic -
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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]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- paśyām -
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paśyā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]√paś -> paśyā (participle, feminine)[accusative single from √paś class 10 verb]
- yahu -
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yahu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]yahu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]yahu (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- bodhisattvān -
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bodhisattva (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- bhikṣū -
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bhikṣu (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- samānāḥ -
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samāna (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]samānā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- pavane -
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pavana (noun, masculine)[locative single]pavana (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]pavanā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- vasanti -
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√vas -> vasat (participle, neuter)[nominative plural from √vas class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vas class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √vas class 1 verb]√vas -> vasantī (participle, feminine)[vocative single from √vas class 1 verb]√vas (verb class 1)[present active third plural]
- Line 2: “śūnyānyaraṇyāni niṣevamāṇān uddeśasvādhyāyaratāṃśca kāṃścit ”
- śūnyānya -
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śūnya (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- araṇyāni -
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araṇyāni (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]araṇyānī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]araṇya (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- niṣevamāṇān -
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niṣevamāṇa (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- 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]
- ratāṃś -
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rata (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]√ram -> rata (participle, masculine)[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]
- kāṃś -
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ka (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- 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]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 1.22
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)