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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 11.47
महाभद्र प्रज्ञया सूरनामन् असंख्येया ये विनीतास्त्वयाद्य ।
सत्त्वा अमी कस्य चायं प्रभावस्तद्बूहि पृष्टो नरदेव त्वमेतत् ॥ ४७ ॥
mahābhadra prajñayā sūranāman asaṃkhyeyā ye vinītāstvayādya |
sattvā amī kasya cāyaṃ prabhāvastadbūhi pṛṣṭo naradeva tvametat || 47 ||
O thou blessed one, who from thy wisdom art called the Sage, by whose power is it that thou to-day (or now) hast educated those innumerable beings? Tell it me upon my question, O thou god amongst men.
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 (11.47). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Mahabhadra, Prajna, Sura, Naman, Asankhyeya, Yah, Yat, Vinita, Tva, Yushmad, Adya, Sattva, Amin, Adah, Kah, Kim, Caya, Prishta, Naradeva, Etad,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 11.47). 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: “mahābhadra prajñayā sūranāman asaṃkhyeyā ye vinītāstvayādya ”
- mahābhadra -
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mahābhadra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]mahābhadra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- prajñayā -
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prajñā (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- sūra -
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sūra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- nāman -
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nāman (noun, neuter)[vocative single]
- asaṅkhyeyā* -
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asaṅkhyeya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]asaṅkhyeyā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- ye -
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ya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- vinītās -
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vinīta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vinītā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- tvayā -
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tvā (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[instrumental single]
- adya -
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adya (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]adya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]adya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- Line 2: “sattvā amī kasya cāyaṃ prabhāvastadbūhi pṛṣṭo naradeva tvametat ”
- sattvā* -
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sattva (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- amī -
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amin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]adaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]
- kasya -
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√kas -> kasya (absolutive)[absolutive from √kas]ka (noun, masculine)[genitive single]ka (noun, neuter)[genitive single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[genitive single]kim (pronoun, neuter)[genitive single]
- cāyam -
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cāya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]cāya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- Cannot analyse prabhāvastadbūhi*pṛ
- pṛṣṭo* -
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pṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√pṛṣ -> pṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √pṛṣ class 1 verb]√praś -> pṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √praś class 6 verb]
- naradeva -
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naradeva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- tvam -
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tva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tva (noun, masculine)[accusative single]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[nominative single]
- etat -
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etad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]etad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 11.47
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)