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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 2.90
वाद्या च वादापित येहि तत्र भेर्यो ऽथ शङ्खाः पटहाः सुघोषकाः ।
निर्नादिता दुन्दुभयश्च येहि पूजाविधानाय वराग्रबोधिनाम् ॥ ९० ॥
vādyā ca vādāpita yehi tatra bheryo 'tha śaṅkhāḥ paṭahāḥ sughoṣakāḥ |
nirnāditā dundubhayaśca yehi pūjāvidhānāya varāgrabodhinām || 90 ||
Who caused musical instruments, drums, conch trumpets, and noisy great drums to be played, and raised the rattle of tymbals at such places in order to celebrate the highest enlightenment;
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 (2.90). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Vadi, Vadya, Vada, Yah, Yat, Tatra, Bheri, Atha, Shankha, Pataha, Sughoshaka, Nih, Nadita, Dundubhi, Pujavidhana, Vara, Agrabodhi,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 2.90). 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: “vādyā ca vādāpita yehi tatra bheryo 'tha śaṅkhāḥ paṭahāḥ sughoṣakāḥ ”
- vādyā -
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vādi (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]vādyā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vad -> vādyā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √vad class 1 verb], [nominative single from √vad]vādī (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]vādī (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vādā -
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vāda (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vāda (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]vādā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- apita -
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√pi (verb class 2)[imperfect active second plural], [imperfect middle third single]
- ye -
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yā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]ya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [accusative dual]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- ihi -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperative active second single]
- tatra -
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tatra (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tatra (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tatra (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- bheryo' -
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bherī (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- atha -
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atha (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- śaṅkhāḥ -
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śaṅkha (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]śaṅkhā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- paṭahāḥ -
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paṭaha (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- sughoṣakāḥ -
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sughoṣaka (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- Line 2: “nirnāditā dundubhayaśca yehi pūjāvidhānāya varāgrabodhinām ”
- nir -
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niḥ (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]niḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ni (noun, masculine)[nominative single]ni (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- nāditā* -
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nādita (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]nāditā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√nad -> nādita (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √nad], [vocative plural from √nad]√nad -> nāditā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √nad], [vocative plural from √nad], [accusative plural from √nad]
- dundubhayaś -
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dundubhi (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]dundubhi (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ye -
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yā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]ya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [accusative dual]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- ihi -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperative active second single]
- pūjāvidhānāya -
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pūjāvidhāna (noun, masculine)[dative single]pūjāvidhāna (noun, neuter)[dative single]
- varā -
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vara (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vara (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]varā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vṛ (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- agrabodhinā -
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agrabodhi (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- am -
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a (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ā (noun, feminine)[adverb]e (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 2.90
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)