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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 16.48
अधिमुक्तिसारो यो स्यादतो बहुतरं हि सः ।
पुण्यं लभेत यो एतत्सूत्रं वाचेल्लिखेत वा ॥ ४८ ॥
adhimuktisāro yo syādato bahutaraṃ hi saḥ |
puṇyaṃ labheta yo etatsūtraṃ vācellikheta vā || 48 ||
Let one be ever so good in disposition, much greater merit will he obtain who shall keep or write this Sutra.
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 (16.48). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Sara, Saras, Syat, Sya, Atah, Bahutara, Sah, Punya, Etad, Sutra,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 16.48). 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: “adhimuktisāro yo syādato bahutaraṃ hi saḥ ”
- adhimukti -
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adhimukti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- sāro* -
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sāras (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]sāra (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- yo -
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yu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]yu (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- syād -
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syāt (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]syāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]√as (verb class 2)[optative active third single]
- ato* -
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ataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- bahutaram -
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bahutara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]bahutara (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]bahutarā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- saḥ -
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saḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “puṇyaṃ labheta yo etatsūtraṃ vācellikheta vā ”
- puṇyam -
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puṇya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]puṇya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]puṇyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√puṇ -> puṇya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]√puṇ -> puṇya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √puṇ class 10 verb], [accusative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
- labheta -
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√labh (verb class 1)[optative active second plural], [optative middle third single]
- yo -
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yu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]yu (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- etat -
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etad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]etad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- sūtram -
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sūtra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- vā -
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vā (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]va (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]va (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- acel -
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√ac (verb class 1)[optative active third single]√añc (verb class 1)[optative active third single]√cit (verb class 2)[imperfect active second single], [imperfect active third single]
- likheta -
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√likh (verb class 6)[optative active second plural]
- vā -
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vā (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 16.48
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)