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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 16.52
यथैवाकाशधातौ हि प्रमाणं नोपलभ्यते ।
दिशासु दशसू नित्यं पुण्यस्कन्धो ऽयमीदृशः ॥ ५२ ॥
yathaivākāśadhātau hi pramāṇaṃ nopalabhyate |
diśāsu daśasū nityaṃ puṇyaskandho 'yamīdṛśaḥ || 52 ||
Even as there is no measure of the element of ether, in none of the ten directions, so there is no measure of this mass of merit.
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 (16.52). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Yatha, Akasha, Dhatu, Dhata, Pramana, Nri, Upalabhya, Tad, Yushmad, Disha, Nityam, Nitya, Punyaskandha, Aya, Idam, Idrish, Idrisha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 16.52). 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: “yathaivākāśadhātau hi pramāṇaṃ nopalabhyate ”
- yathai -
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yathā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]yathā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- aivā -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active first dual]
- ākāśa -
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ākāśa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ākāśa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dhātau -
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dhātu (noun, feminine)[locative single]dhātu (noun, masculine)[locative single]dhāta (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- pramāṇam -
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pramāṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]pramāṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- no -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]nā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]nṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]nu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- upalabhya -
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upalabhya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]upalabhya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- Line 2: “diśāsu daśasū nityaṃ puṇyaskandho 'yamīdṛśaḥ ”
- diśāsu -
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diśā (noun, feminine)[locative plural]
- daśasū -
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- nityam -
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nityam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]nitya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]nitya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]nityā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- puṇyaskandho' -
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puṇyaskandha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ayam -
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aya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]idam (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- īdṛśaḥ -
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īdṛś (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]īdṛś (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]īdṛś (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]īdṛśa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 16.52
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)