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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 7.2
यथा त्रिसाहस्रिम लोकधातुं कश्चिद् रजं कुर्य अणुप्रमाणम् ।
परमाणुमेकं च ततो गृहीत्वा क्षेत्रं सहस्रं गमियान निक्षिपेत् ॥ २ ॥
yathā trisāhasrima lokadhātuṃ kaścid rajaṃ kurya aṇupramāṇam |
paramāṇumekaṃ ca tato gṛhītvā kṣetraṃ sahasraṃ gamiyāna nikṣipet || 2 ||
If, for example, some men after reducing this universe to atoms of dust took one atom to deposit it a thousand regions farther on;
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 (7.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Yatha, Trisahasri, Lokadhatu, Kah, Cit, Raja, Kuri, Anu, Pramana, Paramanu, Eka, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Grihitva, Kshetra, Sahasram, Sahasra, Gamin, Yana,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 7.2). 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: “yathā trisāhasrima lokadhātuṃ kaścid rajaṃ kurya aṇupramāṇam ”
- yathā -
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yathā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]yathā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- trisāhasri -
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trisāhasrī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- ma -
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ma (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ma (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- lokadhātum -
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lokadhātu (noun, masculine)[accusative single]lokadhātu (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- kaś -
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kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]ka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- cid -
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cit (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]cit (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]cit (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- rajam -
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raja (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- kurya -
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kurī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]√kur -> kurya (absolutive)[absolutive from √kur]
- aṇu -
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aṇu (indeclinable)[indeclinable]aṇu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]aṇu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- pramāṇam -
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pramāṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]pramāṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- Line 2: “paramāṇumekaṃ ca tato gṛhītvā kṣetraṃ sahasraṃ gamiyāna nikṣipet ”
- paramāṇum -
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paramāṇu (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- ekam -
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eka (noun, masculine)[accusative single]eka (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- tato* -
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tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]tata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]sa (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
- gṛhītvā -
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gṛhītvā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]√grah -> gṛhītvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √grah]
- kṣetram -
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kṣetra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- sahasram -
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sahasram (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sahasra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sahasra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- gami -
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gami (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]gamin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]gamin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√gam (verb class 1)[injunctive middle first single]√gam (verb class 2)[injunctive middle first single]√gam (verb class 3)[injunctive middle first single]
- yāna -
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yāna (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]yāna (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ni -
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ni (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]ni (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ni (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]nī (noun, masculine)[adverb]nī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]nī (noun, feminine)[adverb]ni (Preverb)[Preverb]
- kṣipet -
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√kṣip (verb class 6)[optative active third single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 7.2
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)