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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 4.1
आश्चर्यभूताः स्म तथाद्भुताश्च औद्बिल्यप्राप्ताः स्म श्रुणित्व घोषम् ।
सहसैव अस्माभिरयं तथाद्य मनोज्ञघोषः श्रुतु नायकस्य ॥ १ ॥
āścaryabhūtāḥ sma tathādbhutāśca audbilyaprāptāḥ sma śruṇitva ghoṣam |
sahasaiva asmābhirayaṃ tathādya manojñaghoṣaḥ śrutu nāyakasya || 1 ||
We are stricken with wonder, amazement, and rapture at hearing a Voice; it is the lovely voice, the leader's voice, that so unexpectedly we hear to-day.
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 (4.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Ashcaryabhuta, Sma, Tatha, Bhuta, Audbilya, Prapta, Ghosha, Sahasa, Sahas, Asmad, Aya, Idam, Manojnaghosha, Nayaka,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 4.1). 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: “āścaryabhūtāḥ sma tathādbhutāśca audbilyaprāptāḥ sma śruṇitva ghoṣam ”
- āścaryabhūtāḥ -
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āścaryabhūta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]āścaryabhūtā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- sma -
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sma (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sman (noun, masculine)[compound]
- tathād -
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tatha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]tatha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- bhutāś -
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bhuta (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]
- audbilya -
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audbilya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- prāptāḥ -
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prāpta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]prāptā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- sma -
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sma (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sman (noun, masculine)[compound]
- Cannot analyse śruṇitva*gh
- ghoṣam -
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ghoṣa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ghoṣā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “sahasaiva asmābhirayaṃ tathādya manojñaghoṣaḥ śrutu nāyakasya ”
- sahasai -
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sahasā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sahasa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sahasa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sahas (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]sahas (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]sahasā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- aiva -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active first dual]
- asmābhir -
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asmad (pronoun, none)[instrumental plural]
- ayam -
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aya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]idam (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tathād -
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tatha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]tatha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- ya -
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- manojñaghoṣaḥ -
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manojñaghoṣa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Cannot analyse śrutu*nā
- nāyakasya -
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nāyaka (noun, masculine)[genitive single]nāyaka (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 4.1
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)