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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 3.117
जुगुप्सिता प्राणिषु नित्य भोन्ति लोष्टप्रहाराभिहता रुदन्तः ।
दण्डेन संत्रासित तत्र तत्र क्षुधापिपासाहत शुष्कगात्राः ॥ ११७ ॥
jugupsitā prāṇiṣu nitya bhonti loṣṭaprahārābhihatā rudantaḥ |
daṇḍena saṃtrāsita tatra tatra kṣudhāpipāsāhata śuṣkagātrāḥ || 117 ||
They are ever despised amongst animals; hit by clods or weapons they yell; everywhere they are threatened with sticks, and their bodies are emaciated from hunger and thirst.
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 (3.117). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Jugupsita, Pranin, Nitya, Loshta, Prahara, Abhihata, Rudat, Danda, Santrasita, Tatra, Kshudh, Kshudha, Apipasa, Ahata, Shushka, Gatra,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 3.117). 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: “jugupsitā prāṇiṣu nitya bhonti loṣṭaprahārābhihatā rudantaḥ ”
- jugupsitā -
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jugupsitā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√gup -> jugupsitā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √gup]√gup (verb class 0)[periphrastic-future active third single]
- prāṇiṣu -
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prāṇin (noun, masculine)[locative plural]prāṇin (noun, neuter)[locative plural]
- nitya -
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nitya (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]nitya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]nitya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- Cannot analyse bhonti*lo
- loṣṭa -
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loṣṭa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]loṣṭa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]loṣṭan (noun, masculine)[compound]√loṣṭ (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- prahārā -
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prahāra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]prahārā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- abhihatā* -
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abhihata (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]abhihatā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- rudantaḥ -
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√rud -> rudat (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √rud class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √rud class 2 verb]
- Line 2: “daṇḍena saṃtrāsita tatra tatra kṣudhāpipāsāhata śuṣkagātrāḥ ”
- daṇḍena -
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daṇḍa (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- santrāsita -
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santrāsita (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]santrāsita (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- tatra -
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tatra (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tatra (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tatra (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- tatra -
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tatra (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tatra (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tatra (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- kṣudhā -
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kṣudha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]kṣudha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]kṣudh (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]kṣudhā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- apipāsā -
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apipāsa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]apipāsa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]apipāsā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ahata -
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ahata (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ahata (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√han (verb class 2)[imperfect active second plural], [imperfect middle third single]
- śuṣka -
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śuṣka (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]śuṣka (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√śuṣ -> śuṣka (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √śuṣ class 4 verb], [vocative single from √śuṣ class 6 verb]√śuṣ -> śuṣka (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √śuṣ class 4 verb], [vocative single from √śuṣ class 6 verb]
- gātrāḥ -
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gātra (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]gātrā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 3.117
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)