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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 11.29
धर्मस्कन्धसहस्राणि चतुरशीति धारयेत् ।
सोपदेशान् यथाप्रोक्तान् देशयेत् प्राणिकोटिनाम् ॥ २९ ॥
dharmaskandhasahasrāṇi caturaśīti dhārayet |
sopadeśān yathāproktān deśayet prāṇikoṭinām || 29 ||
One may keep the eighty-four thousand divisions of the law and expound them, with the instructions and such as they have been set forth, to kotis of living beings;
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 (11.29). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Dharmaskandha, Sahasra, Sopadesha, Yatha, Prokta, Pranika, Ush, Ina,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 11.29). 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: “dharmaskandhasahasrāṇi caturaśīti dhārayet ”
- dharmaskandha -
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dharmaskandha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- sahasrāṇi -
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sahasra (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- caturaśīti -
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caturaśīti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- dhārayet -
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√dhṛ (verb class 0)[optative active third single]
- Line 2: “sopadeśān yathāproktān deśayet prāṇikoṭinām ”
- sopadeśān -
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sopadeśa (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- yathā -
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yathā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]yathā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- proktān -
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prokta (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- deśayet -
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√diś (verb class 0)[optative active third single]
- 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]
- inām -
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inā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 11.29
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)