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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 5.5
यथापि काश्यपा मेघो लोकधातूय उन्नतः ।
सर्वमोनहती चापि छादयन्तो वसुंधराम् ॥ ५ ॥
yathāpi kāśyapā megho lokadhātūya unnataḥ |
sarvamonahatī cāpi chādayanto vasuṃdharām || 5 ||
It is, Kasyapa, as if a cloud rising above the horizon shrouds all space (in darkness) and covers the earth.
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 (5.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Yatha, Api, Kashyapa, Megha, Lokadhatu, Yah, Unnata, Saru, Sarva, Ama, Una, Hati, Capin, Capi, Chadayat, Vasundhara,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 5.5). 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: “yathāpi kāśyapā megho lokadhātūya unnataḥ ”
- yathā -
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yathā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]yathā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- kāśyapā* -
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kāśyapa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- megho* -
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megha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- lokadhātū -
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lokadhātu (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]lokadhātu (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- ya* -
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yaḥ (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]ya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- unnataḥ -
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unnata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “sarvamonahatī cāpi chādayanto vasuṃdharām ”
- sarva -
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saru (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]saru (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]saru (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]sarva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sarva (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- amo -
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ama (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ama (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]amā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ūna -
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ūna (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ūna (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- hatī -
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hati (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- cāpi -
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cāpin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]cāpī (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]cāpī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]cāpi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]cāpi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- chādayanto* -
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√chad -> chādayat (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √chad], [vocative plural from √chad]chādayat (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- vasundharām -
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vasundharā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 5.5
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)