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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 2.91
वीणाश्च ताला पणवाश्च येहि मृदङ्ग वंशा तुणवा मनोज्ञाः ।
एकोत्सवा वा सुकुमारका वा ते सर्वि बोधाय अभूषि लाभिनः ॥ ९१ ॥
vīṇāśca tālā paṇavāśca yehi mṛdaṅga vaṃśā tuṇavā manojñāḥ |
ekotsavā vā sukumārakā vā te sarvi bodhāya abhūṣi lābhinaḥ || 91 ||
Who caused sweet lutes, cymbals, tabors, small drums, reed-pipes, flutes of ekonnada or sugar-cane to be made, have all of them reached 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 (2.91). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Vina, Tala, Panava, Yah, Yat, Mridanga, Vamsha, Tunava, Manojna, Eka, Utsava, Sukumaraka, Tad, Yushmad, Bodha, Abhu, Ush, Labhin,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 2.91). 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: “vīṇāśca tālā paṇavāśca yehi mṛdaṅga vaṃśā tuṇavā manojñāḥ ”
- vīṇāś -
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vīṇā (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]
- tālā -
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tālā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- paṇavāś -
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paṇava (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]
- mṛdaṅga -
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mṛdaṅga (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- vaṃśā -
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vaṃśā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- tuṇavā* -
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tuṇava (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- manojñāḥ -
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manojña (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]manojñā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- Line 2: “ekotsavā vā sukumārakā vā te sarvi bodhāya abhūṣi lābhinaḥ ”
- eko -
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eka (noun, neuter)[compound]ekā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- utsavā* -
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utsava (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- vā -
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vā (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- sukumārakā* -
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sukumāraka (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]sukumārakā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- vā -
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vā (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- sarvi -
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- bodhāya -
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bodha (noun, masculine)[dative single]bodha (noun, neuter)[dative single]
- abhū -
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abhū (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
- uṣi -
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uṣ (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- lābhinaḥ -
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lābhin (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]lābhin (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 2.91
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)