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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 8.29
जिनान तेषां समनामकानां समन्तप्रभाणां पुरुषोत्तमानाम् ।
परिपूर्ण पञ्चाशत नायकानां एते भविष्यन्ति परंपराय ॥ २९ ॥
jināna teṣāṃ samanāmakānāṃ samantaprabhāṇāṃ puruṣottamānām |
paripūrṇa pañcāśata nāyakānāṃ ete bhaviṣyanti paraṃparāya || 29 ||
There shall appear a complete number of five hundred Chiefs, supreme amongst men, who shall bear the same name with that Gina, Samantaprabha, and follow one another in regular succession.
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 (8.29). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Jinana, Tad, Samana, Aka, Samantaprabha, Purushottama, Paripurna, Pancashata, Nayaka, Eta, Etad, Eti, Esha, Bhavishyanti, Bhavishyat, Parampara,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 8.29). 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: “jināna teṣāṃ samanāmakānāṃ samantaprabhāṇāṃ puruṣottamānām ”
- jināna -
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√ji -> jināna (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √ji class 9 verb]√ji -> jināna (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √ji class 9 verb]
- teṣām -
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tad (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]sa (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]
- samanām -
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samanā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- akānām -
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aka (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]
- samantaprabhāṇām -
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samantaprabha (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]samantaprabhā (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]
- puruṣottamānām -
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puruṣottama (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]
- Line 2: “paripūrṇa pañcāśata nāyakānāṃ ete bhaviṣyanti paraṃparāya ”
- paripūrṇa -
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paripūrṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]paripūrṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pañcāśata -
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pañcāśata (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- nāyakānām -
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nāyaka (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]nāyaka (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]
- ete -
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eta (noun, masculine)[locative single]eta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]etā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]etad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]eti (noun, feminine)[vocative single]eṣā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]eṣa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]
- bhaviṣyanti -
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bhaviṣyantī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]bhaviṣyat (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√bhū (verb class 1)[future active third plural]
- paramparāya -
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parampara (noun, masculine)[dative single]parampara (noun, neuter)[dative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 8.29
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)