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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 3.16
यदा तु हेतूहि च कारणैश्च दृष्टान्तकोटीनयुतैश्च दर्शिता ।
सुपरिस्थिता सा वरबुद्धबोधिस्ततो ऽस्मि निष्काङ्क्षु श्रुणित्व धर्मम् ॥ १६ ॥
yadā tu hetūhi ca kāraṇaiśca dṛṣṭāntakoṭīnayutaiśca darśitā |
suparisthitā sā varabuddhabodhistato 'smi niṣkāṅkṣu śruṇitva dharmam || 16 ||
But when the unsurpassed Buddha-wisdom had been displayed in and established with arguments, reasons, and illustrations, by myriads of kotis, then I lost all doubt about the law I heard.
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 (3.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Yada, Yad, Hetu, Karana, Drishtanta, Koti, Nayuta, Darshita, Pari, Sthita, Vara, Buddha, Bodhi, Tatah, Tad, Tata, 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 3.16). 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: “yadā tu hetūhi ca kāraṇaiśca dṛṣṭāntakoṭīnayutaiśca darśitā ”
- yadā -
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yadā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]yadā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yadā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]yad (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- hetū -
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hetu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- uhi -
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√u (verb class 2)[imperative active second single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kāraṇaiś -
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kāraṇa (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dṛṣṭānta -
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dṛṣṭānta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- koṭī -
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koṭī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]koṭi (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- nayutaiś -
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nayuta (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- darśitā -
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darśitā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√dṛś -> darśitā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √dṛś]
- Line 2: “suparisthitā sā varabuddhabodhistato 'smi niṣkāṅkṣu śruṇitva dharmam ”
- su -
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sū (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]sū (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]sū (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]so (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- pari -
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pari (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]pari (indeclinable)[indeclinable]pari (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]pari (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]pari (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]parī (noun, masculine)[adverb]parī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]parī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- sthitā -
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sthitā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√sthā -> sthitā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
- sā* -
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so (noun, feminine)[accusative plural]
- vara -
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vara (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vara (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√vṛ (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- buddha -
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buddha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]buddha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- bodhis -
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bodhi (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tato' -
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tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]tata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]sa (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
- asmi -
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√as (verb class 2)[present active first single]
- Cannot analyse niṣkāṅkṣu*śr
- Cannot analyse śruṇitva*dh
- 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 3.16
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)