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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 18.31
ये चक्रवालस्य भवन्ति पार्श्वे ये सागरस्यो निवसन्ति मध्ये ।
पृथिवीय ये मध्यि वसन्ति सत्त्वाः सर्वान् स गन्धेन विदुर्विजानति ॥ ३१ ॥
ye cakravālasya bhavanti pārśve ye sāgarasyo nivasanti madhye |
pṛthivīya ye madhyi vasanti sattvāḥ sarvān sa gandhena vidurvijānati || 31 ||
All the beings living within the compass of the horizon or dwelling in the depth of the sea or in the bosom of the earth the discriminating man knows how to distinguish from the (peculiar) smell.
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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 (18.31). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Yah, Yat, Cakravala, Bhavanti, Bhavat, Bhavant, Parshva, Parshvi, Nivasanti, Madhye, Madhya, Prithivi, Vasat, Vasanti, Sattva, Sarva, Gandha, Vidu, Vidus, Vijanat,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 18.31). 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: “ye cakravālasya bhavanti pārśve ye sāgarasyo nivasanti madhye ”
- 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]
- cakravālasya -
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cakravāla (noun, masculine)[genitive single]cakravāla (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- bhavanti -
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bhavanti (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]bhavantī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]bhavat (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]bhavant (pronoun, neuter)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]√bhū (verb class 1)[present active third plural]
- pārśve -
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pārśva (noun, masculine)[locative single]pārśva (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]pārśvi (noun, masculine)[vocative single]pārśvi (noun, feminine)[vocative single]pārśvā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- 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]
- sāgarasyo -
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- nivasanti -
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nivasantī (noun, masculine)[adverb]nivasantī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]nivasantī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- madhye -
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madhye (indeclinable)[indeclinable]madhya (noun, masculine)[locative single]madhya (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]madhyā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- Line 2: “pṛthivīya ye madhyi vasanti sattvāḥ sarvān sa gandhena vidurvijānati ”
- pṛthivī -
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pṛthivi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]pṛthivī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
- iya -
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√i (verb class 2)[perfect active second 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]
- Cannot analyse madhyi*va
- 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]
- sattvāḥ -
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sattva (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- sarvān -
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sarva (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- sa -
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sa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- gandhena -
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gandha (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]gandha (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- vidur -
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vidus (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]vidus (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]vidu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]vidu (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vid (verb class 2)[perfect active third plural]
- vijānati -
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vijānat (noun, masculine)[locative single]vijānat (noun, neuter)[locative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 18.31
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)