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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 3.93
बलानि ध्यानानि तथा विमोक्षाः समाधिनां कोटिशता च नेका ।
अयं रथो ईदृशको वरिष्ठो रमन्ति येनो सद बुद्धपुत्राः ॥ ९३ ॥
balāni dhyānāni tathā vimokṣāḥ samādhināṃ koṭiśatā ca nekā |
ayaṃ ratho īdṛśako variṣṭho ramanti yeno sada buddhaputrāḥ || 93 ||
The powers, meditations, degrees of emancipation and self-concentration by many hundreds of kotis, that is the exalted vehicle in which the sons of Buddha take a never-ending delight.
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 (3.93). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Bala, Dhyana, Tatha, Vimoksha, Samadhin, Kotisha, Tan, Aya, Idam, Idrishaka, Varishtha, Ramat, Ramanti, Sada, Buddha, Putra,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 3.93). 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: “balāni dhyānāni tathā vimokṣāḥ samādhināṃ koṭiśatā ca nekā ”
- balāni -
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bala (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√bal (verb class 1)[imperative active first single]
- dhyānāni -
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dhyāna (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- tathā* -
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tathā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]tatha (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- vimokṣāḥ -
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vimokṣa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vimokṣā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- samādhinām -
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samādhin (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]samādhin (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]
- koṭiśa -
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koṭiśa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- tā -
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tā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]tan (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ne -
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na (noun, masculine)[locative single]na (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]nā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]ni (noun, masculine)[vocative single]ni (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- kā -
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kā (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “ayaṃ ratho īdṛśako variṣṭho ramanti yeno sada buddhaputrāḥ ”
- ayam -
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aya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]idam (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ratho -
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- īdṛśako* -
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īdṛśaka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- variṣṭho* -
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variṣṭha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ramanti -
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√ram -> ramat (participle, neuter)[nominative plural from √ram class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √ram class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √ram class 1 verb]√ram -> ramantī (participle, feminine)[vocative single from √ram class 1 verb]√ram (verb class 1)[present active third plural]
- yeno -
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- sada -
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sada (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sada (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√sad (verb class 6)[imperative active second single]
- buddha -
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buddha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]buddha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- putrāḥ -
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putra (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]putrā (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 3.93
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)