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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 18.72
बहून् विचिन्तेति च अग्रधर्मान् बहूंश्च सो भाषति नित्यकालम् ।
न चास्य संमोह कदाचि भोति धारेत्व सूत्रं इमि आनुशंसाः ॥ ७२ ॥
bahūn vicinteti ca agradharmān bahūṃśca so bhāṣati nityakālam |
na cāsya saṃmoha kadāci bhoti dhāretva sūtraṃ imi ānuśaṃsāḥ || 72 ||
He reflects much on the supreme law, and is in the wont of constantly dilating upon it; he is never hesitating. These are the advantages of keeping 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 (18.72). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Bahu, Vicinta, Iti, Agradharma, Sah, Bha, Nityakalam, Idam, Moha, Bhu, Dhara, Dhari, Itvan, Sutra, Anu, Shamsa,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 18.72). 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: “bahūn vicinteti ca agradharmān bahūṃśca so bhāṣati nityakālam ”
- bahūn -
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bahu (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- vicinte -
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vicintā (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- iti -
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iti (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]iti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- agradharmān -
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agradharma (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- bahūṃś -
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bahu (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- so* -
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saḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- bhā -
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bha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]bha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]bhā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]bhā (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- aṣati -
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√aṣ (verb class 1)[present active third single]
- nityakālam -
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nityakālam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- Line 2: “na cāsya saṃmoha kadāci bhoti dhāretva sūtraṃ imi ānuśaṃsāḥ ”
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- cā -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]cā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- asya -
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√as -> asya (absolutive)[absolutive from √as]a (noun, masculine)[genitive single]idam (pronoun, masculine)[genitive single]idam (pronoun, neuter)[genitive single]√as (verb class 4)[imperative active second single]
- saṃ -
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sa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- moha -
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moha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- Cannot analyse kadāci*bh
- bho -
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bha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]bha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]bhā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]bhā (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]bhu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]bhu (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- ūti -
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ūti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]ūti (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- dhāre -
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dhāra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]dhāra (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]dhārā (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]dhāri (noun, masculine)[vocative single]dhāri (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- itva -
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itvan (noun, masculine)[compound]itvan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- sūtram -
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sūtra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- Cannot analyse imi*ān
- ānu -
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ānu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]ānu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ānu (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- śaṃsāḥ -
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śaṃsa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]śaṃsā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 18.72
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)