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 1.4
सा चैव रश्मी पुरिमादिशाय अष्टादशक्षेत्रसहस्र पूर्णाः ।
अवभासयी एकक्षणेन सर्वे सुवर्णवर्णा इव भोन्ति क्षेत्राः ॥ ४ ॥
sā caiva raśmī purimādiśāya aṣṭādaśakṣetrasahasra pūrṇāḥ |
avabhāsayī ekakṣaṇena sarve suvarṇavarṇā iva bhonti kṣetrāḥ || 4 ||
And that ray in the eastern quarter illuminates the whole of eighteen thousand Buddha-fields, simultaneously, so that those fields appear as gold-coloured.
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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 (1.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Rashmi, Purima, Adish, Aya, Ashtadasha, Ashtadashan, Kshetra, Sahasra, Purna, Ekakshana, Sarva, Suvarnavarna, Iva,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 1.4). 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: “sā caiva raśmī purimādiśāya aṣṭādaśakṣetrasahasra pūrṇāḥ ”
- sā -
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sā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- cai -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]cā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- aiva -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active first dual]
- raśmī -
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raśmī (noun, masculine)[compound]raśmī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]raśmi (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- purimā -
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purima (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]purima (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ādiśā -
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ādiś (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- aya -
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aya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]e (noun, masculine)[compound]
- aṣṭādaśa -
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aṣṭādaśa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]aṣṭādaśa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]aṣṭādaśan (noun, masculine)[compound]aṣṭādaśan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- kṣetra -
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kṣetra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- sahasra -
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sahasra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sahasra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pūrṇāḥ -
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pūrṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]pūrṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√pṝ -> pūrṇa (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √pṝ class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √pṝ class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √pṝ class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √pṝ class 6 verb], [nominative plural from √pṝ class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √pṝ class 9 verb]√pṝ -> pūrṇā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √pṝ class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √pṝ class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √pṝ class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √pṝ class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √pṝ class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √pṝ class 6 verb], [nominative plural from √pṝ class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √pṝ class 9 verb], [accusative plural from √pṝ class 9 verb]
- Line 2: “avabhāsayī ekakṣaṇena sarve suvarṇavarṇā iva bhonti kṣetrāḥ ”
- Cannot analyse avabhāsayī*ek
- ekakṣaṇena -
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ekakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]ekakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- sarve -
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sarva (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [locative single]sarva (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]sarvā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- suvarṇavarṇā* -
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suvarṇavarṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]suvarṇavarṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- iva -
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iva (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]iva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- Cannot analyse bhonti*kṣ
- kṣetrā -
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kṣetra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- aḥ -
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a (noun, masculine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[vocative single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 1.4
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)