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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 5.28
क्षुद्रानुक्षुद्रा इम ओषधीयो क्षुद्रीक एता इह याव लोके ।
अन्या च मध्या महती च ओषधी शृणोथ ताः सर्व प्रकाशयिष्ये ॥ २८ ॥
kṣudrānukṣudrā ima oṣadhīyo kṣudrīka etā iha yāva loke |
anyā ca madhyā mahatī ca oṣadhī śṛṇotha tāḥ sarva prakāśayiṣye || 28 ||
Hear, now, I am going to explain what is meant by those plants of different size, some of them being low in the world, others middle-sized and great.
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 (5.28). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Oshadhi, Kshudri, Kah, Eta, Esha, Iha, Yava, Loka, Ani, Anya, Madhya, Mahat, Mahati, Tas, Sarva, Pra,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 5.28). 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: “kṣudrānukṣudrā ima oṣadhīyo kṣudrīka etā iha yāva loke ”
- kṣudrānukṣudrā -
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- ima* -
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√i (verb class 2)[present active first plural]
- oṣadhī -
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oṣadhi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]oṣadhī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
- iyo -
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- kṣudrī -
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kṣudri (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- ka* -
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kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]ka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- etā* -
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eta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]etā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]eṣā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
- iha -
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iha (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]iha (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- yāva -
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yāvan (noun, masculine)[compound]yāva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]yāva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√yā (verb class 2)[imperative active first dual]
- loke -
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loka (noun, masculine)[locative single]√lok (verb class 1)[present middle first single]
- Line 2: “anyā ca madhyā mahatī ca oṣadhī śṛṇotha tāḥ sarva prakāśayiṣye ”
- anyā -
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anī (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]anyā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- madhyā* -
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madhya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]madhyā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- mahatī -
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mahatī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]mahat (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- ca* -
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ca (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- oṣadhī -
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oṣadhī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]oṣadhi (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- Cannot analyse śṛṇotha*tā
- tāḥ -
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ta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]tas (noun, masculine)[nominative single]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
- sarva -
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sarva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sarva (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- pra -
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pra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]pra (Preverb)[Preverb]
- kāśayiṣye -
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√kāś (verb class 0)[future middle first single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 5.28
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)