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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 6.8
अनास्रवा अन्तिमदेहधारिणो भेष्यन्ति ये श्रावक धर्मराज्ञः ।
प्रमाणु तेषां न कदाचि विद्यते दिव्येन ज्ञानेन गणित्व कल्पान् ॥ ८ ॥
anāsravā antimadehadhāriṇo bheṣyanti ye śrāvaka dharmarājñaḥ |
pramāṇu teṣāṃ na kadāci vidyate divyena jñānena gaṇitva kalpān || 8 ||
As to disciples, faultless, princes of the law, standing in their last period of life, their number can never be known, even if one should go on counting for Aeons, and that with the aid of divine knowledge.
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 (6.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Anasrava, Antima, Dehadharin, Dehadhari, Yah, Yat, Shravaka, Dharmarajan, Prama, Anu, Tad, Divya, Jnana, Ganin, Tva, Kalpa,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 6.8). 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: “anāsravā antimadehadhāriṇo bheṣyanti ye śrāvaka dharmarājñaḥ ”
- anāsravā* -
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anāsrava (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]anāsravā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- antima -
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antima (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]antima (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dehadhāriṇo* -
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dehadhārin (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]dehadhārin (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]dehadhārī (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- bheṣyanti -
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√bhī (verb class 1)[future active third plural]√bhī (verb class 3)[future active third plural]
- ye -
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ya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- śrāvaka -
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śrāvaka (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]śrāvaka (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dharmarājñaḥ -
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dharmarājan (noun, masculine)[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
- Line 2: “pramāṇu teṣāṃ na kadāci vidyate divyena jñānena gaṇitva kalpān ”
- pramā -
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pramā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- aṇu -
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aṇu (indeclinable)[indeclinable]aṇu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]aṇu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- teṣām -
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tad (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]sa (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- Cannot analyse kadāci*vi
- vidyate -
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√vid (verb class 2)[present passive third single]√vid (verb class 6)[present passive third single]√vid (verb class 7)[present passive third single]
- divyena -
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divya (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]divya (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- jñānena -
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jñāna (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- gaṇi -
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gaṇi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]gaṇi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]gaṇin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]gaṇin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- tva -
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tva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kalpān -
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kalpa (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 6.8
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)