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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 7.3
द्वितीयं तृतीयं पि च एव निक्षिपेत् सर्वं पि सो निक्षिपि तं रजोगतम् ।
रिक्ता भवेता इय लोकधातुः सर्वश्च सो पांसु भवेत क्षीणः ॥ ३ ॥
dvitīyaṃ tṛtīyaṃ pi ca eva nikṣipet sarvaṃ pi so nikṣipi taṃ rajogatam |
riktā bhavetā iya lokadhātuḥ sarvaśca so pāṃsu bhaveta kṣīṇaḥ || 3 ||
If he deposited a second, a third atom, and so proceeded until he had done with the whole mass of dust, so that this world were empty and the mass of dust exhausted;
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 (7.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Dvitiyam, Dvitiya, Tritiyam, Tritiya, Eva, Sarvam, Sarva, Sah, Kship, Raja, Rajas, Gata, Rikta, Lokadhatri, Lokadhatu, Kshina,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 7.3). 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: “dvitīyaṃ tṛtīyaṃ pi ca eva nikṣipet sarvaṃ pi so nikṣipi taṃ rajogatam ”
- dvitīyam -
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dvitīyam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]dvitīya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dvitīya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]dvitīyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- tṛtīyam -
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tṛtīyam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tṛtīya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]tṛtīya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tṛtīyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Cannot analyse pi*ca
- ca* -
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ca (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- eva -
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eva (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]eva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]eva (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]
- sarvam -
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sarvam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sarva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sarva (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- Cannot analyse pi*so
- so* -
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saḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative 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]
- kṣipi -
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kṣip (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- tam -
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ta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tā (noun, feminine)[adverb]tan (noun, masculine)[adverb]sa (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- rajo -
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rajas (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]rajas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]raja (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- gatam -
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gat (noun, neuter)[adverb]gata (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]gata (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]gatā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “riktā bhavetā iya lokadhātuḥ sarvaśca so pāṃsu bhaveta kṣīṇaḥ ”
- riktā* -
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rikta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]riktā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√ric -> rikta (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √ric class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √ric class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √ric class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √ric class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √ric class 7 verb], [vocative plural from √ric class 7 verb]√ric -> riktā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √ric class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √ric class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √ric class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √ric class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √ric class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √ric class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √ric class 7 verb], [vocative plural from √ric class 7 verb], [accusative plural from √ric class 7 verb]√rij -> rikta (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √rij class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √rij class 1 verb]√rij -> riktā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √rij class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √rij class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √rij class 1 verb]
- bhavetā -
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- iya -
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√i (verb class 2)[perfect active second plural]
- lokadhātuḥ -
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lokadhātṛ (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]lokadhātṛ (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [genitive single]lokadhātu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]lokadhātu (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- sarvaś -
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sarva (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- so -
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so (noun, feminine)[compound]
- pāṃsu -
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pāṃsu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- bhaveta -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[optative active second plural]
- kṣīṇaḥ -
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kṣīṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√kṣī -> kṣīṇa (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √kṣī class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṣī class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṣī class 9 verb]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 7.3
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)