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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 1.45
रत्नान सप्तान विशिष्ट उच्छ्रिताः सहस्र पञ्चो परिपूर्ण योजना ।
द्वे चो सहस्रे परिणाहवन्तश्छत्रध्वजास्तेषु सहस्रकोटयः ॥ ४५ ॥
ratnāna saptāna viśiṣṭa ucchritāḥ sahasra pañco paripūrṇa yojanā |
dve co sahasre pariṇāhavantaśchatradhvajāsteṣu sahasrakoṭayaḥ || 45 ||
Those magnificent Stupas, made of seven precious substances, with their thousands of kotis of umbrellas and banners, measure in height no less than 5000 yoganas and 2000 in circumference.
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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 (1.45). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Ratna, Sapta, Vishishta, Ucchrita, Sahasra, Paripurna, Yojana, Dva, Parinahavat, Chatra, Dhvaja, Tad, Sahasrakoti,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 1.45). 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: “ratnāna saptāna viśiṣṭa ucchritāḥ sahasra pañco paripūrṇa yojanā ”
- ratnān -
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ratna (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- a -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- saptān -
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sapta (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]√sap -> sapta (participle, masculine)[accusative plural from √sap class 1 verb]
- a -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- viśiṣṭa* -
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viśiṣṭa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ucchritāḥ -
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ucchrita (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]ucchritā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- sahasra -
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sahasra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sahasra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pañco -
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- paripūrṇa -
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paripūrṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]paripūrṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- yojanā -
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yojanā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “dve co sahasre pariṇāhavantaśchatradhvajāsteṣu sahasrakoṭayaḥ ”
- dve -
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dva (noun, masculine)[locative single]dva (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]dvā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- co -
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- sahasre -
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sahasra (noun, masculine)[locative single]sahasra (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- pariṇāhavantaś -
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pariṇāhavat (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- chatra -
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chatra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]chatra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dhvajās -
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dhvaja (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]dhvajā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- 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]
- sahasrakoṭayaḥ -
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sahasrakoṭi (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]sahasrakoṭi (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 1.45
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)