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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 4.21
पुरुषांश्च सो तत्र प्रयोजयेत वङ्काश्च ये काणक कुण्ठकाश्च ।
कुचेलकाः कृष्णक हीनसत्त्वाः पर्येषथा तं नरु कर्मकारकम् ॥ २१ ॥
puruṣāṃśca so tatra prayojayeta vaṅkāśca ye kāṇaka kuṇṭhakāśca |
kucelakāḥ kṛṣṇaka hīnasattvāḥ paryeṣathā taṃ naru karmakārakam || 21 ||
Under those circumstances he orders persons of low character, crooked, one-eyed, maimed, ill-clad, and blackish 1, to go and search that man who shall do menial work.
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 (4.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Purusha, Tatra, Prayas, Vanka, Yah, Yat, Kanaka, Kunthaka, Kucela, Krishnaka, Hinasattva, Pari, Tap, Karmakaraka,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 4.21). 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: “puruṣāṃśca so tatra prayojayeta vaṅkāśca ye kāṇaka kuṇṭhakāśca ”
- puruṣāṃś -
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puruṣa (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]
- so -
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so (noun, feminine)[compound]
- tatra -
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tatra (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tatra (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tatra (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- prayo -
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prayas (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]prayas (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- jayeta -
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√ji (verb class 1)[optative active second plural], [optative middle third single]
- vaṅkāś -
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vaṅka (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vaṅkā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ye -
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ya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- kāṇaka -
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kāṇaka (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]kāṇaka (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kuṇṭhakāś -
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kuṇṭhaka (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]kuṇṭhakā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- Line 2: “kucelakāḥ kṛṣṇaka hīnasattvāḥ paryeṣathā taṃ naru karmakārakam ”
- kucela -
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kucela (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]kucela (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kāḥ -
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kās (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]kā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
- kṛṣṇaka -
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kṛṣṇaka (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- hīnasattvāḥ -
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hīnasattva (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- parye -
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pari (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]pari (indeclinable)[indeclinable]pari (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]pari (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]pari (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]parī (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [dative single]parī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]parī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]pari (Preverb)[Preverb]
- eṣathā -
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- tam -
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ta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tā (noun, feminine)[adverb]tan (noun, masculine)[adverb]tap (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]tap (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]sa (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ru -
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ru (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- karmakārakam -
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karmakāraka (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]karmakāraka (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]karmakārakā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 4.21
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)