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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 11.23
यस्तु ईदृशकं सूत्रं निर्वृतस्मिंस्तदा मयि ।
पश्चात्काले लिखेच्चापि इदं भवति दुष्करम् ॥ २३ ॥
yastu īdṛśakaṃ sūtraṃ nirvṛtasmiṃstadā mayi |
paścātkāle likheccāpi idaṃ bhavati duṣkaram || 23 ||
But to copy a Sutra like this in the period after my extinction, 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 (11.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Yah, Idrishaka, Sutra, Nih, Vrit, Idam, Tada, Mayi, Asmad, Pashcatkala, Capin, Capi, 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 11.23). 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: “yastu īdṛśakaṃ sūtraṃ nirvṛtasmiṃstadā mayi ”
- yas -
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yaḥ (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]ya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- īdṛśakam -
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īdṛśaka (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]īdṛśaka (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- sūtram -
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sūtra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- 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]
- tadā* -
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tadā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]tada (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- mayi -
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mayī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[locative single]
- Line 2: “paścātkāle likheccāpi idaṃ bhavati duṣkaram ”
- paścātkāle -
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paścātkāla (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- likhec -
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√likh (verb class 6)[optative active third single]
- cāpi -
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cāpin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]cāpī (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]cāpī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]cāpi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]cāpi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- idam -
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idam (pronoun, neuter)[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 11.23
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)