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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 7.50
वर्धन्ति नरकास्तीव्रास्तिर्यग्योनिस्तथासुराः ।
प्रेतेषु चोपपद्यन्ते प्राणिकोट्यः सहस्रशः ॥ ५० ॥
vardhanti narakāstīvrāstiryagyonistathāsurāḥ |
preteṣu copapadyante prāṇikoṭyaḥ sahasraśaḥ || 50 ||
The dreary hells, the brute creation and demons were on the increase; thousands of kotis of living beings fell into the state of ghosts.
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 (7.50). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Naraka, Tivra, Tiryagyoni, Tatha, Rai, Preta, Pranika, Ush, Yah, Sahasrashah, Sahasrashas,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 7.50). 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: “vardhanti narakāstīvrāstiryagyonistathāsurāḥ ”
- var -
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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]
- ṛdhanti -
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√ṛdh (verb class 6)[present active third plural]
- narakās -
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naraka (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- tīvrās -
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tīvra (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]tīvrā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- tiryagyonis -
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tiryagyoni (noun, feminine)[nominative single]tiryagyoni (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tathāsu -
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tathā (noun, feminine)[locative plural]
- rāḥ -
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ra (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]rai (noun, masculine)[nominative single], [vocative single]rā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- Line 2: “preteṣu copapadyante prāṇikoṭyaḥ sahasraśaḥ ”
- preteṣu -
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preta (noun, masculine)[locative plural]preta (noun, neuter)[locative plural]
- copa -
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√cup (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- padyante -
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√pad (verb class 4)[present middle third plural], [present passive third plural]√pad (verb class 1)[present passive third plural]
- prāṇiko -
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prāṇika (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]prāṇika (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]prāṇikā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- uṭ -
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uṣ (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
- yaḥ -
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yaḥ (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]ya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- sahasraśaḥ -
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sahasraśaḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sahasraśas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 7.50
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)