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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 3.47
सुरौद्रचित्ता पि वसन्ति यक्षा मनुष्यकुणपानि विकड्ढमानाः ।
देशेषु देशेषु वसन्ति तत्र शतापदी गोनसकाश्च व्यालाः ॥ ४७ ॥
suraudracittā pi vasanti yakṣā manuṣyakuṇapāni vikaḍḍhamānāḥ |
deśeṣu deśeṣu vasanti tatra śatāpadī gonasakāśca vyālāḥ || 47 ||
There are also very malign goblins, who violate human corpses; in several spots there are centipedes, huge snakes, and vipers.
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 (3.47). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Sura, Odra, Citta, Vasat, Vasanti, Yaksha, Manushya, Kunapa, Desha, Tatra, Shatapadi, Gonasa, Vyala,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 3.47). 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: “suraudracittā pi vasanti yakṣā manuṣyakuṇapāni vikaḍḍhamānāḥ ”
- surau -
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sura (noun, masculine)[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]sura (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]surā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√sur (verb class 6)[imperative active second single]
- odra -
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odra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]odra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- cittā -
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cittā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Cannot analyse pi*va
- vasanti -
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√vas -> vasat (participle, neuter)[nominative plural from √vas class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vas class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √vas class 1 verb]√vas -> vasantī (participle, feminine)[vocative single from √vas class 1 verb]√vas (verb class 1)[present active third plural]
- yakṣā* -
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yakṣa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]yakṣā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- manuṣya -
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manuṣya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]manuṣya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kuṇapāni -
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kuṇapa (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- Cannot analyse vikaḍḍhamānāḥ
- Line 2: “deśeṣu deśeṣu vasanti tatra śatāpadī gonasakāśca vyālāḥ ”
- deśeṣu -
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deśa (noun, masculine)[locative plural]
- deśeṣu -
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deśa (noun, masculine)[locative plural]
- vasanti -
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√vas -> vasat (participle, neuter)[nominative plural from √vas class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vas class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √vas class 1 verb]√vas -> vasantī (participle, feminine)[vocative single from √vas class 1 verb]√vas (verb class 1)[present active third plural]
- tatra -
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tatra (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tatra (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tatra (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- śatāpadī -
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śatāpadī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]
- gonasa -
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gonasa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- kāś -
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kās (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]kā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative 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]
- vyālāḥ -
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vyāla (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vyālā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 3.47
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)