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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 16.4
परमाणुक्षेत्रस्य तथैव चान्ये ये प्रस्थिता उत्तमबुद्धज्ञाने ।
केचिच्च जातीभि तथैव चाष्टभि जिना भविष्यन्ति अनन्तदर्शिनः ॥ ४ ॥
paramāṇukṣetrasya tathaiva cānye ye prasthitā uttamabuddhajñāne |
kecicca jātībhi tathaiva cāṣṭabhi jinā bhaviṣyanti anantadarśinaḥ || 4 ||
There are others, (as) atoms, who have reached supreme Buddha-knowledge. Some, again, will after eight births become Ginas seeing the infinite.
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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 (16.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Paramanu, Kshetra, Tatha, Yah, Yat, Prasthita, Uttama, Buddhajnana, Kah, Kim, Cit, Jati, Ibhi, Bha, Jina, Bhavishyanti, Bhavishyat, Ananta, Darshin, Darshi,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “paramāṇukṣetrasya tathaiva cānye ye prasthitā uttamabuddhajñāne ”
- paramāṇu -
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paramāṇu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]paramāṇu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- kṣetrasya -
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kṣetra (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- tathai -
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tathā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tatha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tatha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]tathā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- aiva -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active first dual]
- cānye -
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- 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]
- prasthitā* -
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prasthita (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]prasthitā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- uttama -
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uttama (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]uttama (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- buddhajñāne -
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buddhajñāna (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- Line 2: “kecicca jātībhi tathaiva cāṣṭabhi jinā bhaviṣyanti anantadarśinaḥ ”
- ke -
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ka (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]ka (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]kā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- cic -
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cit (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]cit (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]cit (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- jātī -
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jāti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]jātī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
- ibhi -
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ibhī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- tathai -
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tathā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tatha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tatha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]tathā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- aiva -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active first dual]
- cāṣ -
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ca (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]cā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- ṭa -
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ṭa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ṭa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- bhi -
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bhī (noun, feminine)[adverb]bhā (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- jinā* -
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jina (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]jinā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- bhaviṣyanti -
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bhaviṣyantī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]bhaviṣyat (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√bhū (verb class 1)[future active third plural]
- ananta -
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ananta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ananta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√ant (verb class 1)[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
- darśinaḥ -
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darśin (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]darśin (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]darśī (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 16.4
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)