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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 14.6
कुतो इमे कथं वापि आगच्छन्ति महर्द्धिकाः ।
महात्मभावा रूपेण कुत एतेष आगमः ॥ ६ ॥
kuto ime kathaṃ vāpi āgacchanti maharddhikāḥ |
mahātmabhāvā rūpeṇa kuta eteṣa āgamaḥ || 6 ||
Whence and how do these mighty persons come? Whence have they come here under the form of great bodies'?
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 (14.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Iyam, Idam, Katham, Katha, Vapi, Vapin, Shanti, Maharddhika, Mahatman, Bhava, Rupa, Kutah, Kuta, Eta, Etad, Eti, Esha, Etri, Isha, Agama,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 14.6). 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: “kuto ime kathaṃ vāpi āgacchanti maharddhikāḥ ”
- kuto -
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- ime -
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iyam (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]idam (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]idam (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]idam (pronoun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- katham -
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katham (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]katham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kathā (noun, feminine)[adverb]katha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]katha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- vāpi -
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vāpi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]vāpī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]vāpin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]vāpin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- āgacch -
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√ag (verb class 1)[imperfect active third single]
- śanti -
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śanti (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]śanti (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]śanti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- maharddhikāḥ -
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maharddhika (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]maharddhikā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- Line 2: “mahātmabhāvā rūpeṇa kuta eteṣa āgamaḥ ”
- mahātma -
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mahātman (noun, masculine)[compound]mahātman (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- bhāvā* -
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bhāva (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- rūpeṇa -
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rūpa (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]rūpa (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- kuta* -
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kutaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kutaḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kuta (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ete -
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eta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]eta (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]etā (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]etad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]eti (noun, feminine)[vocative single]eṣā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]etṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]eṣa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]√i (verb class 2)[periphrastic-future active third single]
- īṣa* -
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īṣa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- āgamaḥ -
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āgama (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 14.6
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)