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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 11.21
निर्वृतस्मिंस्तु लोकेन्द्रे पश्चात्काले सुदारुणे ।
य इदं धारयेत् सूत्रं भाषेद्वा तत्सुदुष्करम् ॥ २१ ॥
nirvṛtasmiṃstu lokendre paścātkāle sudāruṇe |
ya idaṃ dhārayet sūtraṃ bhāṣedvā tatsuduṣkaram || 21 ||
But to keep and preach this Sutra in the dreadful period succeeding the extinction of the Chief of the world, that is 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 (11.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Nih, Vrit, Idam, Lokendra, Pashcatkala, Sudaruna, Sudaru, Yah, Sutra, Bhasha, Dva, Tat, Tad, Sudushkara,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 11.21). 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: “nirvṛtasmiṃstu lokendre paścātkāle sudāruṇe ”
- nir -
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niḥ (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]niḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ni (noun, masculine)[nominative single]ni (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- vṛt -
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vṛt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]vṛt (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]vṛt (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- asmiṃs -
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idam (pronoun, masculine)[locative single]idam (pronoun, neuter)[locative single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- lokendre -
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lokendra (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- paścātkāle -
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paścātkāla (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- sudāruṇe -
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sudāruṇa (noun, masculine)[locative single]sudāruṇa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]sudāruṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]sudāru (noun, neuter)[dative single]
- Line 2: “ya idaṃ dhārayet sūtraṃ bhāṣedvā tatsuduṣkaram ”
- ya* -
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yaḥ (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]ya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- idam -
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idam (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- dhārayet -
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√dhṛ (verb class 0)[optative active third single]
- sūtram -
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sūtra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- bhāṣe -
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bhāṣā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]bhāṣa (noun, masculine)[locative single]bhāṣa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]√bhāṣ (verb class 1)[present middle first single]
- dvā -
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dvā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- tat -
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tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- suduṣkaram -
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suduṣkara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]suduṣkara (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]suduṣkarā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 11.21
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)