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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 1.13
पश्यामि क्षेत्रेषु बहूषु चापि ये बोधिसत्त्वा यथ गङ्गवालिकाः ।
कोटीसहस्राणि अनल्पकानि विविधेन वीर्येण जनेन्ति बोधिम् ॥ १३ ॥
paśyāmi kṣetreṣu bahūṣu cāpi ye bodhisattvā yatha gaṅgavālikāḥ |
koṭīsahasrāṇi analpakāni vividhena vīryeṇa janenti bodhim || 13 ||
I see in many fields Bodhisattvas by many thousands of kotis, like sands of the Ganges, who are producing enlightenment according to the different degree of their power.
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 (1.13). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Pashya, Amin, Kshetra, Bahu, Capin, Capi, Yah, Yat, Bodhisattva, Yad, Han, Ganga, Valika, Koti, Sahasra, Analpa, Kim, Vividha, Virya, Bodhi,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 1.13). 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: “paśyāmi kṣetreṣu bahūṣu cāpi ye bodhisattvā yatha gaṅgavālikāḥ ”
- paśyā -
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paśya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]paśya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]paśyā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√paś -> paśya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √paś class 10 verb]√paś -> paśya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √paś class 10 verb]√paś -> paśyā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √paś class 10 verb]
- ami -
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amin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]amin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- kṣetreṣu -
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kṣetra (noun, neuter)[locative plural]
- bahū -
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bahu (indeclinable)[indeclinable]bahu (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]bahu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]bahu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- uṣu -
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u (noun, masculine)[locative plural]ū (noun, neuter)[locative plural]
- cāpi -
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cāpin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]cāpī (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]cāpī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]cāpi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]cāpi (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]
- bodhisattvā* -
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bodhisattva (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- yat -
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yat (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yat (noun, masculine)[compound]yad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]yat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√i -> yat (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- 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]
- gaṅga -
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gaṅga (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- vālikāḥ -
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vālika (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vālikā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- Line 2: “koṭīsahasrāṇi analpakāni vividhena vīryeṇa janenti bodhim ”
- koṭī -
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koṭī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]koṭi (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- sahasrāṇi -
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sahasra (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- analpa -
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analpa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]analpa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kāni -
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ka (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
- vividhena -
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vividha (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]vividha (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- vīryeṇa -
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vīrya (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]√vīr -> vīrya (participle, masculine)[instrumental single from √vīr class 10 verb]√vīr -> vīrya (participle, neuter)[instrumental single from √vīr class 10 verb]
- Cannot analyse janenti*bo
- bodhim -
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bodhi (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 1.13
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)