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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 1.77
यं चैव सो भाषति लोकनाथो एकासनस्थः प्रवराग्रधर्मम् ।
तं सर्वमाधारयि सो जिनात्मजो वरप्रभो यो अभु धर्मभाणकः ॥ ७७ ॥
yaṃ caiva so bhāṣati lokanātho ekāsanasthaḥ pravarāgradharmam |
taṃ sarvamādhārayi so jinātmajo varaprabho yo abhu dharmabhāṇakaḥ || 77 ||
And whatever excellent supreme law was proclaimed by the Lord of the world while continuing sitting on the very same seat, was kept in memory by Varaprabha, the son of Gina, the preacher of the law.
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 (1.77). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Yah, Sah, Bha, Ekasana, Tha, Pravara, Agradharma, Sarvam, Sarva, Dha, Rayi, Jina, Varaprabha, Abhu, Dharmabhanaka,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 1.77). 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: “yaṃ caiva so bhāṣati lokanātho ekāsanasthaḥ pravarāgradharmam ”
- yam -
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ya (noun, masculine)[accusative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[accusative 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]
- so* -
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saḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- bhā -
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bha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]bha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]bhā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]bhā (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- aṣati -
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√aṣ (verb class 1)[present active third single]
- lokanātho -
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- ekāsanas -
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ekāsana (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- thaḥ -
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tha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- pravarā -
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pravara (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pravara (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]pravarā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- agradharmam -
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agradharma (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- Line 2: “taṃ sarvamādhārayi so jinātmajo varaprabho yo abhu dharmabhāṇakaḥ ”
- tam -
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ta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tā (noun, feminine)[adverb]tan (noun, masculine)[adverb]sa (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- sarvam -
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sarvam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sarva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sarva (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- ā -
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ā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- dhā -
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dhā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]dhā (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- rayi -
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rayi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]rayi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]rayi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- so* -
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saḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- jināt -
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jina (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]jina (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- ma -
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ma (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ma (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- jo* -
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ja (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- varaprabho* -
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varaprabha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- yo -
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yu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]yu (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- abhu -
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abhū (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- dharmabhāṇakaḥ -
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dharmabhāṇaka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 1.77
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)