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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 4.55
को नाम शक्तः प्रतिकर्तु तुभ्यमुद्युक्तरूपो बहुकल्पकोट्यः ।
सुदुष्कराणीदृशका करोषि सुदुष्करान् यानिह मर्त्यलोके ॥ ५५ ॥
ko nāma śaktaḥ pratikartu tubhyamudyuktarūpo bahukalpakoṭyaḥ |
suduṣkarāṇīdṛśakā karoṣi suduṣkarān yāniha martyaloke || 55 ||
Who is there, even were he to exert himself during kotis of Aeons, able to thwart thee, who accomplishes in this world of mortals such difficult things as those, and others even more difficult I?
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Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (4.55). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Kah, Naman, Shakta, Pratika, Yushmad, Udyukta, Rupa, Bahukalpa, Koti, Kotya, Sudushkara, Yani, Yat, Han, Martyaloka,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 4.55). 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: “ko nāma śaktaḥ pratikartu tubhyamudyuktarūpo bahukalpakoṭyaḥ ”
- ko* -
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kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]ka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- nāma -
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nāman (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- śaktaḥ -
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śakta (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√śac -> śakta (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √śac class 1 verb]√śak -> śakta (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √śak class 5 verb]
- pratikar -
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pratika (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pratika (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ṛtu -
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ṛtu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- tubhyam -
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yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single]
- udyukta -
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udyukta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]udyukta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- rūpo* -
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rūpa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- bahukalpa -
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bahukalpa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]bahukalpa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- koṭyaḥ -
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koṭī (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]koṭya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√kuṭ -> koṭya (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √kuṭ class 4 verb], [nominative single from √kuṭ class 6 verb]
- Line 2: “suduṣkarāṇīdṛśakā karoṣi suduṣkarān yāniha martyaloke ”
- suduṣkarāṇī -
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suduṣkara (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- īdṛśakā -
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- karoṣi -
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√kṛ (verb class 8)[present active second single]
- suduṣkarān -
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suduṣkara (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- yāni -
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yānī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]√yā (verb class 2)[imperative active first single]
- ha -
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ha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]han (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- martyaloke -
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martyaloka (noun, masculine)[locative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 4.55
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)