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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 16.9
मान्दारवाणां च प्रवर्षि वर्षं बहुदेवपुत्राण सहस्रकोट्यः ।
शक्राश्च ब्रह्मा यथा गङ्गवालिका ये आगता क्षेत्रसहस्रकोटिभिः ॥ ९ ॥
māndāravāṇāṃ ca pravarṣi varṣaṃ bahudevaputrāṇa sahasrakoṭyaḥ |
śakrāśca brahmā yathā gaṅgavālikā ye āgatā kṣetrasahasrakoṭibhiḥ || 9 ||
Many thousand kotis of angels, Indras, and Brahma-angels, like the sands of the Ganges, have flocked hither from thousands of kotis of distant fields and have poured a rain of Mandairavas.
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 (16.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Mandarava, Pravarshin, Varsha, Bahuda, Trana, Sahasrakoti, Shakra, Brahma, Yatha, Ganga, Valika, Yah, Yat, Agata, Kshetra,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 16.9). 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: “māndāravāṇāṃ ca pravarṣi varṣaṃ bahudevaputrāṇa sahasrakoṭyaḥ ”
- māndāravāṇām -
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māndārava (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pravarṣi -
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pravarṣin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]pravarṣin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- varṣam -
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varṣa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]varṣa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]varṣā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- bahude -
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bahuda (noun, masculine)[locative single]bahuda (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]bahudā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- vapu -
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vapu (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]vapu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- trāṇa -
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trāṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]trāṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- sahasrakoṭyaḥ -
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sahasrakoṭī (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]sahasrakoṭī (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- Line 2: “śakrāśca brahmā yathā gaṅgavālikā ye āgatā kṣetrasahasrakoṭibhiḥ ”
- śakrāś -
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śakra (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]śakrā (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]
- brahmā* -
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brahma (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]brahmā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- yathā -
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yathā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]yathā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- gaṅga -
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gaṅga (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- vālikā* -
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vālika (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vālikā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- 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]
- āgatā -
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āgatā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- kṣetra -
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kṣetra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- sahasrakoṭibhiḥ -
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sahasrakoṭī (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]sahasrakoṭi (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]sahasrakoṭi (noun, feminine)[instrumental plural]sahasrakoṭi (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 16.9
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)