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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 11.20
भवाग्रे यश्च तिष्ठित्वा धर्मं भाषेन्नरो इह ।
अन्यसूत्रसहस्राणि न तद्भवति दुष्करम् ॥ २० ॥
bhavāgre yaśca tiṣṭhitvā dharmaṃ bhāṣennaro iha |
anyasūtrasahasrāṇi na tadbhavati duṣkaram || 20 ||
Nor would one who, after taking stand on the limit of the existing world, were to expound the law and thousands of other Sutras, do something so very difficult.
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 (11.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Bhavagra, Yah, Dharma, Bhasha, Aru, Iha, Anya, Sutra, Sahasra, Tad, Tat, Bhavati, Bhavat, Bhavant, Dushkara,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 11.20). 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: “bhavāgre yaśca tiṣṭhitvā dharmaṃ bhāṣennaro iha ”
- bhavāgre -
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bhavāgra (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- yaś -
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yaḥ (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]ya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]yaḥ (pronoun, 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]
- Cannot analyse tiṣṭhitvā*dh
- dharmam -
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dharma (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dharman (noun, masculine)[adverb]dharman (noun, neuter)[adverb]dharmā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- bhāṣe -
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bhāṣa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]bhāṣa (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]bhāṣā (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√bhāṣ (verb class 1)[present middle first single]
- īnn -
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i (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- aro -
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aru (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- iha -
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iha (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]iha (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- Line 2: “anyasūtrasahasrāṇi na tadbhavati duṣkaram ”
- anya -
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anya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√an -> anya (absolutive)[absolutive from √an]
- sūtra -
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sūtra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- sahasrāṇi -
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sahasra (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- tad -
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tad (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- bhavati -
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bhavatī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]bhavat (noun, masculine)[locative single]bhavat (noun, neuter)[locative single]bhavant (pronoun, masculine)[locative single]bhavant (pronoun, neuter)[locative single]√bhū (verb class 1)[present active third single]
- duṣkaram -
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duṣkara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]duṣkara (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]duṣkarā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 11.20
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)