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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 14.12
समो विंशति गङ्गाया परिवारः समन्ततः ।
अतो बहुतराश्चान्ये येषां दश च पञ्च च ॥ १२ ॥
samo viṃśati gaṅgāyā parivāraḥ samantataḥ |
ato bahutarāścānye yeṣāṃ daśa ca pañca ca || 12 ||
Who have a train equal to the (sands of) twenty Ganges. Still more numerous are the mighty sons of Buddha, who have each a train (equal to the sands) of ten, of five Ganges. Whence, O Leader, has such an assembly flocked hither?
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Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (14.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Sama, Parivara, Samantatah, Samantatas, Atah, Bahutara, Yah, Yat, Dasha, Dashan, Panca, Pancan,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 14.12). 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: “samo viṃśati gaṅgāyā parivāraḥ samantataḥ ”
- samo* -
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sama (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- viṃśati -
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viṃśati (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]viṃśati (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- gaṅgāyā -
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- parivāraḥ -
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parivāra (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- samantataḥ -
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samantataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]samantatas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- Line 2: “ato bahutarāścānye yeṣāṃ daśa ca pañca ca ”
- ato* -
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ataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- bahutarāś -
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bahutara (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]bahutarā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- cānye -
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- yeṣām -
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ya (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[genitive plural]yat (pronoun, neuter)[genitive plural]
- daśa -
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daśa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]daśa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]daśan (noun, masculine)[compound]daśan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]√daṃś (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pañca -
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pañca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pañca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]pañcan (noun, masculine)[compound]pañcan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]√pañc (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 14.12
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)