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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 18.18
भगवान् पि बुद्धो नरदम्यसारथिः पर्षासु धर्मं ब्रुवते यमग्रम् ।
तं चापि सो शृण्वन्ति एककाले यो बोधिसत्त्वो इमु सूत्र धारयेत् ॥ १८ ॥
bhagavān pi buddho naradamyasārathiḥ parṣāsu dharmaṃ bruvate yamagram |
taṃ cāpi so śṛṇvanti ekakāle yo bodhisattvo imu sūtra dhārayet || 18 ||
The Bodhisattva who preaches this Stara shall, at one time, also hear the perfect law 2 that the Lord Buddha, the tamer of men, announces to the assemblies.
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 (18.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Bhagavat, Buddha, Nara, Damyasarathi, Parsha, Dharma, Yah, Agram, Agra, Capin, Capi, Shrinvat, Ekakala, 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 18.18). 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: “bhagavān pi buddho naradamyasārathiḥ parṣāsu dharmaṃ bruvate yamagram ”
- bhagavān -
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bhagavat (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Cannot analyse pi*bu
- buddho* -
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buddha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- nara -
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nara (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]nara (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- damyasārathiḥ -
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damyasārathi (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- parṣāsu -
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parṣā (noun, feminine)[locative plural]
- dharmam -
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dharma (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dharman (noun, masculine)[adverb]dharman (noun, neuter)[adverb]dharmā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- bruvate -
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√brū (verb class 2)[present middle third plural]
- yam -
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ya (noun, masculine)[accusative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[accusative single]
- agram -
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agram (indeclinable)[indeclinable]agra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]agra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]agrā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “taṃ cāpi so śṛṇvanti ekakāle yo bodhisattvo imu sūtra dhārayet ”
- tam -
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ta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tā (noun, feminine)[adverb]tan (noun, masculine)[adverb]sa (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- cāpi -
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cāpin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]cāpī (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]cāpī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]cāpi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]cāpi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- so -
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so (noun, feminine)[compound]
- śṛṇvanti -
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√śru -> śṛṇvat (participle, neuter)[nominative plural from √śru class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √śru class 5 verb], [accusative plural from √śru class 5 verb]√śru (verb class 5)[present active third plural]
- ekakāle -
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ekakāla (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- yo* -
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yaḥ (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]ya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- bodhisattvo -
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- Cannot analyse imu*sū
- sūtra -
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sūtra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dhārayet -
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√dhṛ (verb class 0)[optative active third single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 18.18
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)