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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 16.44
अग्रा विहारकोट्यो ऽपि बहुश्चन्दनकारिताः ।
द्वात्रिंशती च प्रासादा उच्चैस्त्वेनाष्टवत्तलाः ॥ ४४ ॥
agrā vihārakoṭyo 'pi bahuścandanakāritāḥ |
dvātriṃśatī ca prāsādā uccaistvenāṣṭavattalāḥ || 44 ||
He has built many kotis of excellent monasteries of sandal-wood, with thirty-two pinnacles, and eight terraces high;
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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 (16.44). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Agra, Viharaka, Ush, Yah, Api, Bahu, Candanaka, Arita, Dvatrimshati, Prasada, Uccaistva, Ashta, Ashtan, Atta, Las,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 16.44). 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: “agrā vihārakoṭyo 'pi bahuścandanakāritāḥ ”
- agrā* -
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agra (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]agrā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- vihārako -
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vihāraka (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vihāraka (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- uṭ -
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uṣ (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
- yo' -
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yaḥ (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]yu (noun, feminine)[vocative single]ya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- bahuś -
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bahu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- candanakā -
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candanaka (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- aritāḥ -
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aritā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- Line 2: “dvātriṃśatī ca prāsādā uccaistvenāṣṭavattalāḥ ”
- dvātriṃśatī -
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dvātriṃśati (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- prāsādā* -
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prāsāda (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- uccaistvenā -
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uccaistva (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- aṣṭa -
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aṣṭa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]aṣṭa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√aś -> aṣṭa (participle, masculine)[compound from √aś]√aś -> aṣṭa (participle, neuter)[compound from √aś]aṣṭan (noun, masculine)[compound]aṣṭan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]√aś -> aṣṭa (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √aś class 5 verb]√aś -> aṣṭa (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √aś class 5 verb]
- va -
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u (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]ū (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]ū (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ū (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]o (noun, masculine)[adverb]au (noun, feminine)[adverb]au (noun, masculine)[adverb]va (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]va (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- atta -
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atta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]atta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√ad (verb class 2)[imperative active second plural]
- lāḥ -
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la (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]lā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]las (noun, masculine)[nominative single]lo (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 16.44
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)