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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 1.42
निरीहका धर्म प्रजानमाना द्वयं प्रवृत्ताः खगतुल्यसादृशाः ।
अनोपलिप्ताः सुगतस्य पुत्राः प्रज्ञाय ते प्रस्थित अग्रबोधिम् ॥ ४२ ॥
nirīhakā dharma prajānamānā dvayaṃ pravṛttāḥ khagatulyasādṛśāḥ |
anopaliptāḥ sugatasya putrāḥ prajñāya te prasthita agrabodhim || 42 ||
(There are) sons of the Sugata who try to reach enlightenment by wisdom; they understand the law of indifference and avoid acting at the antinomy (of things), unattached like birds in the sky.
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 (1.42). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Niriha, Dharma, Dharman, Ana, Dvayam, Dvaya, Pravritta, Khaga, Tulya, Sadrisha, Ano, Anu, Upalipta, Sugata, Putra, Prajna, Tad, Yushmad, Prasthita, 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 1.42). 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: “nirīhakā dharma prajānamānā dvayaṃ pravṛttāḥ khagatulyasādṛśāḥ ”
- nirīha -
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nirīha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]nirīha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kā* -
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kās (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]kā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
- dharma -
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dharma (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dharman (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- prajānam -
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prajānā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ānā* -
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āna (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- dvayam -
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dvayam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]dvaya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dvaya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- pravṛttāḥ -
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pravṛtta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]pravṛttā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- khaga -
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khaga (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]khaga (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- tulya -
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tulya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tulya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√tul -> tulya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √tul class 10 verb]√tul -> tulya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √tul class 10 verb]
- sādṛśāḥ -
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sādṛśa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]sādṛśā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- Line 2: “anopaliptāḥ sugatasya putrāḥ prajñāya te prasthita agrabodhim ”
- ano -
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anā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ano (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ana (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]anu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]anu (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- upaliptāḥ -
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upalipta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]upaliptā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- sugatasya -
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sugata (noun, masculine)[genitive single]sugata (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- putrāḥ -
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putra (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]putrā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- prajñāya -
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prajña (noun, masculine)[dative single]prajña (noun, neuter)[dative single]
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- prasthita -
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prasthita (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]prasthita (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative 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 1.42
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)