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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 18.16
स्वाध्याय कुर्वन्तिह ये च भिक्षवः सुगतानिह शासनि प्रव्रजित्वा ।
पर्षासु ये देशयते च धर्मं तेषां पि शब्दं शृणुते स नित्यम् ॥ १६ ॥
svādhyāya kurvantiha ye ca bhikṣavaḥ sugatāniha śāsani pravrajitvā |
parṣāsu ye deśayate ca dharmaṃ teṣāṃ pi śabdaṃ śṛṇute sa nityam || 16 ||
He likewise always hears the sound which the monks on earth are raising when engaged in reading, and when preaching the law to congregations, after having taken orders under the command of the Sugatas.
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Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (18.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Svadhyaya, Kurvat, Han, Yah, Yat, Bhikshu, Sugata, Shasani, Pra, Parsha, Deshayat, Dharma, Tad, Shabda, Nityam, Nitya,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 18.16). 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: “svādhyāya kurvantiha ye ca bhikṣavaḥ sugatāniha śāsani pravrajitvā ”
- svādhyāya -
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svādhyāya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]svādhyāya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kurvanti -
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kurvat (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√kṛ -> kurvat (participle, neuter)[nominative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb]√kṛ (verb class 8)[present active third plural]
- ha -
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ha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]han (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative 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]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- bhikṣavaḥ -
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bhikṣu (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- sugatāni -
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sugata (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- ha -
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ha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]han (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- śāsani -
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śāsanī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- pra -
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pra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vrajitvā -
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√vraj -> vrajitvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √vraj]
- Line 2: “parṣāsu ye deśayate ca dharmaṃ teṣāṃ pi śabdaṃ śṛṇute sa nityam ”
- parṣāsu -
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parṣā (noun, feminine)[locative plural]
- 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]
- deśayate -
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√diś -> deśayat (participle, masculine)[dative single from √diś]√diś -> deśayat (participle, neuter)[dative single from √diś]√diś (verb class 0)[present middle third single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dharmam -
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dharma (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dharman (noun, masculine)[adverb]dharman (noun, neuter)[adverb]dharmā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- teṣām -
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tad (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]sa (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]
- Cannot analyse pi*śa
- śabdam -
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śabda (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- śṛṇute -
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- sa -
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sa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- nityam -
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nityam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]nitya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]nitya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]nityā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 18.16
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)