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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 13.29
धर्मासने चात्र निषीदियान एकाग्रसत्त्वेषु समागतेषु ।
उपसंहरेच्चित्रकथा बहूश्च भिक्षूण चो भिक्षूणिकान चैव ॥ २९ ॥
dharmāsane cātra niṣīdiyāna ekāgrasattveṣu samāgateṣu |
upasaṃhareccitrakathā bahūśca bhikṣūṇa co bhikṣūṇikāna caiva || 29 ||
When he is thus seated on the preacher's pulpit and all who have gathered round him are attentive, he proceeds to deliver many discourses, pleasing by variety, before monks and nuns,
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 (13.29). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Dharmasana, Ekagra, Sattva, Samagata, Citrakatha, Bahu, Bhikshu, Kana,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 13.29). 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: “dharmāsane cātra niṣīdiyāna ekāgrasattveṣu samāgateṣu ”
- dharmāsane -
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dharmāsana (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- cāt -
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ca (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]ca (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- ra -
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ra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- Cannot analyse niṣīdiyāna*ek
- ekāgra -
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ekāgra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ekāgra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- sattveṣu -
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sattva (noun, masculine)[locative plural]sattva (noun, neuter)[locative plural]
- samāgateṣu -
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samāgata (noun, masculine)[locative plural]samāgata (noun, neuter)[locative plural]
- Line 2: “upasaṃhareccitrakathā bahūśca bhikṣūṇa co bhikṣūṇikāna caiva ”
- upasaṃ -
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upasam (Preverb)[Preverb]
- harec -
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√hṛ (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- citrakathā* -
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citrakatha (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]citrakathā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- bahū -
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bahu (indeclinable)[indeclinable]bahu (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]bahu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]bahu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- uś -
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u (noun, masculine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[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]
- bhikṣū -
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bhikṣu (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- ṇa -
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ṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- co* -
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ca (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- bhikṣūṇi -
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bhikṣu (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- kāna -
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kāna (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- cai -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]cā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- aiva -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active first dual]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 13.29
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)