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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 1.5
यावानवीची परमं भवाग्रं क्षेत्रेषु यावन्ति च तेषु सत्त्वाः ।
षट्सू गतीषू तहि विद्यमाना च्यवन्ति ये चाप्युपपद्यि तत्र ॥ ५ ॥
yāvānavīcī paramaṃ bhavāgraṃ kṣetreṣu yāvanti ca teṣu sattvāḥ |
ṣaṭsū gatīṣū tahi vidyamānā cyavanti ye cāpyupapadyi tatra || 5 ||
(The universe) as far as the (hell) Aviki (and) the extreme limit of existence, with all beings of those fields living in any of the six states of existence, those who are leaving one state to be born in another;
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 (1.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Yava, Yavat, Avici, Paramam, Parama, Bhavagra, Kshetra, Tad, Sattva, Vidyamana, Yah, Yat, Tatra,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 1.5). 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: “yāvānavīcī paramaṃ bhavāgraṃ kṣetreṣu yāvanti ca teṣu sattvāḥ ”
- yāvān -
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yāva (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]yāvat (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- avīcī -
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avīcī (noun, masculine)[compound]avīcī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]avīci (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]avīci (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- paramam -
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paramam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]parama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]parama (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]paramā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- bhavāgram -
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bhavāgra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- kṣetreṣu -
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kṣetra (noun, neuter)[locative plural]
- yāvanti -
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yāvat (noun, neuter)[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]
- teṣu -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative plural]ta (noun, neuter)[locative plural]tad (noun, neuter)[locative plural]sa (noun, masculine)[locative plural]
- sattvāḥ -
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sattva (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- Line 2: “ṣaṭsū gatīṣū tahi vidyamānā cyavanti ye cāpyupapadyi tatra ”
- ṣaṭsū -
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- gatīṣū -
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- ta -
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ta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]tan (noun, masculine)[compound]
- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- vidyamānā -
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vidyamānā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vid -> vidyamānā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √vid class 2 verb]√vid -> vidyamānā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √vid class 6 verb]√vid -> vidyamānā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √vid class 7 verb]
- cyavanti -
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√cyu (verb class 1)[present active third 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 cāpyupapadyi*ta
- tatra -
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tatra (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tatra (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tatra (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 1.5
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)