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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 1.67
बुद्धाश्च दृश्यन्ति स्वयं स्वयंभुवः सुवर्णयूपा इव दर्शनीयाः ।
वैडूर्यमध्ये च सुवर्णबिम्बं पर्षाय मध्ये प्रवदन्ति धर्मम् ॥ ६७ ॥
buddhāśca dṛśyanti svayaṃ svayaṃbhuvaḥ suvarṇayūpā iva darśanīyāḥ |
vaiḍūryamadhye ca suvarṇabimbaṃ parṣāya madhye pravadanti dharmam || 67 ||
The Buddhas also, those self-born beings, appeared of their own accord, resembling golden columns; like unto a golden disk (within lapis lazuli), they revealed the law in the midst of the assembly.
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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 (1.67). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Buddha, Drishya, Drishi, Drish, Anti, Svayam, Svayambhu, Svayambhuva, Suvarnayupa, Iva, Darshaniya, Vaidurya, Adhi, Suvarna, Bimba, Parsha, Madhye, Madhya, Pravat, Dharma,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 1.67). 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: “buddhāśca dṛśyanti svayaṃ svayaṃbhuvaḥ suvarṇayūpā iva darśanīyāḥ ”
- buddhāś -
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buddha (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]buddhā (noun, feminine)[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]
- dṛśya -
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dṛśya (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]dṛśi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]dṛśya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dṛśya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√dṛś -> dṛśya (absolutive)[absolutive from √dṛś]√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, masculine)[compound from √dṛś]√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, neuter)[compound from √dṛś]√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]dṛś (noun, feminine)[locative single]dṛś (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- anti -
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anti (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]anti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]antī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- svayam -
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svayam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- svayambhuvaḥ -
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svayambhū (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]svayambhuva (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- suvarṇayūpā* -
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suvarṇayūpa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- iva -
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iva (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]iva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- darśanīyāḥ -
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darśanīya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]darśanīyā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√dṛś -> darśanīya (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √dṛś class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √dṛś class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √dṛś], [vocative plural from √dṛś]√dṛś -> darśanīyā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √dṛś class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √dṛś class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √dṛś class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √dṛś], [vocative plural from √dṛś], [accusative plural from √dṛś]
- Line 2: “vaiḍūryamadhye ca suvarṇabimbaṃ parṣāya madhye pravadanti dharmam ”
- vaiḍūryam -
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vaiḍūrya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vaiḍūrya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- adhye -
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adhī (noun, masculine)[dative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- suvarṇa -
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suvarṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]suvarṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- bimbam -
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bimba (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]bimba (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]bimbā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- parṣāya -
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parṣa (noun, masculine)[dative single]parṣa (noun, neuter)[dative 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]
- pravad -
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pravat (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]pravat (noun, masculine)[compound]pravat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- anti -
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anti (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]anti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]antī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- dharmam -
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dharma (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dharman (noun, masculine)[adverb]dharman (noun, neuter)[adverb]dharmā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 1.67
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)