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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 2.15
नडान वेणून व नित्यकालमच्छिद्रपूर्णो भवि सर्वलोकः ।
एकीभवित्वान विचिन्तयेयुर्यो धर्म साक्षात् सुगतेन दृष्टः ॥ १५ ॥
naḍāna veṇūna va nityakālamacchidrapūrṇo bhavi sarvalokaḥ |
ekībhavitvāna vicintayeyuryo dharma sākṣāt sugatena dṛṣṭaḥ || 15 ||
If the whole world were full of them, as of dense reeds and bamboos, without any interstices, and if all combined wre to investiage the law which the Sugata has realised;
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 (2.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Nada, Venu, Nityakalam, Acchidra, Purna, Bhavin, Sarvaloka, Ekin, Tva, Vicinta, Yah, Dharma, Dharman, Sakshat, Saksha, Sugata, Drishta,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 2.15). 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: “naḍāna veṇūna va nityakālamacchidrapūrṇo bhavi sarvalokaḥ ”
- naḍān -
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naḍa (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- a -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- veṇūn -
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veṇu (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- a -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- va -
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va (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]va (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- nityakālam -
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nityakālam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- acchidra -
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acchidra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]acchidra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pūrṇo* -
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pūrṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√pṝ -> pūrṇa (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √pṝ class 3 verb], [nominative single from √pṝ class 6 verb], [nominative single from √pṝ class 9 verb]
- bhavi -
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bhavin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]bhavin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- sarvalokaḥ -
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sarvaloka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “ekībhavitvāna vicintayeyuryo dharma sākṣāt sugatena dṛṣṭaḥ ”
- ekī -
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ekin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- bhavi -
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bhavin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]bhavin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- tvān -
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tva (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- a -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- vicintaye -
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vicintā (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- iyur -
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√i (verb class 2)[optative active third plural], [perfect active third plural]
- yo* -
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yaḥ (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]ya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- dharma -
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dharma (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dharman (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- sākṣāt -
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sākṣāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sākṣa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]sākṣa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- sugatena -
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sugata (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]sugata (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- dṛṣṭaḥ -
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dṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 2.15
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)