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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 7.38
अनून कल्पान शता ह्यतीता नैतादृशं जातु निमित्तमासीत् ।
यदि वोपपन्नो इह देवपुत्रो उत्पन्नु लोके यदि वेह बुद्धः ॥ ३८ ॥
anūna kalpāna śatā hyatītā naitādṛśaṃ jātu nimittamāsīt |
yadi vopapanno iha devaputro utpannu loke yadi veha buddhaḥ || 38 ||
No such portent has appeared in hundreds of Aeons past. Either some god has been born or a Buddha has arisen in this world.
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 (7.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Anuna, Kalpa, Shata, Atita, Nri, Etadrish, Etadrisha, Jatu, Nimitta, Yadi, Yad, Iha, Loka, Buddha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 7.38). 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: “anūna kalpāna śatā hyatītā naitādṛśaṃ jātu nimittamāsīt ”
- anūna -
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anūna (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]anūna (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kalpān -
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kalpa (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- a -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- śatā* -
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śatā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- hya -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- atītā* -
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atīta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]atītā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- nai -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]nā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]nṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- etādṛśam -
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etādṛśa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]etādṛśa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]etādṛś (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- jātu -
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jātu (indeclinable)[indeclinable]jātu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]jātu (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]jātu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]jātū (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]jātū (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]jātū (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- nimittam -
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nimitta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- āsīt -
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√ās (verb class 2)[aorist active third single], [injunctive active third single]√as (verb class 2)[imperfect active third single]
- Line 2: “yadi vopapanno iha devaputro utpannu loke yadi veha buddhaḥ ”
- yadi -
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yadi (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]yadi (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yadi (indeclinable)[indeclinable]yad (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- vo -
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vā (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]va (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]va (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- upapanno -
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- iha -
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iha (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]iha (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- devaputro -
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- Cannot analyse utpannu*lo
- loke -
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loka (noun, masculine)[locative single]√lok (verb class 1)[present middle first single]
- yadi -
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yadi (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]yadi (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yadi (indeclinable)[indeclinable]yad (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- veha -
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√veh (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- buddhaḥ -
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buddha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 7.38
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)