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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 12.4
दुर्बुद्धिनश्च वङ्काश्च शठा बालाधिमानिनः ।
अप्राप्ते प्राप्तसंज्ञी च घोरे कालस्मि पश्चिमे ॥ ४ ॥
durbuddhinaśca vaṅkāśca śaṭhā bālādhimāninaḥ |
aprāpte prāptasaṃjñī ca ghore kālasmi paścime || 4 ||
At that dreadful last epoch men will be malign, crooked, wicked, dull, conceited, fancying to have come to the limit when they have not.
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 (12.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Durbuddhi, Vanka, Shatha, Bala, Adhi, Asmad, Aprapta, Aprapti, Prapta, Sanjnin, Sanjni, Ghora, Pashcime, Pashcima,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 12.4). 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: “durbuddhinaśca vaṅkāśca śaṭhā bālādhimāninaḥ ”
- durbuddhinaś -
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durbuddhi (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vaṅkāś -
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vaṅka (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vaṅkā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- śaṭhā* -
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śaṭha (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]śaṭhā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- bālā -
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bāla (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]bāla (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]bālā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- adhim -
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adhi (noun, feminine)[accusative single]adhi (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- āni -
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- naḥ -
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na (noun, masculine)[nominative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
- Line 2: “aprāpte prāptasaṃjñī ca ghore kālasmi paścime ”
- aprāpte -
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aprāpta (noun, masculine)[locative single]aprāpta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]aprāptā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]aprāpti (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- prāpta -
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prāpta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]prāpta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- sañjñī -
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sañjñī (noun, masculine)[compound]sañjñī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]sañjñin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]sañjñi (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]sañjñi (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ghore -
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ghora (noun, masculine)[locative single]ghora (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]ghorā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- Cannot analyse kālasmi*pa
- paścime -
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paścime (indeclinable)[indeclinable]paścima (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [locative single]paścima (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]paścimā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 12.4
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)