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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 20.1
अचिन्तिया लोकहितान धर्मता अभिज्ञज्ञानस्मि प्रतिष्ठितानाम् ।
ये ऋद्धि दर्शेन्ति अनन्तचक्षुषः प्रामोद्यहेतोरिह सर्वदेहिनाम् ॥ १ ॥
acintiyā lokahitāna dharmatā abhijñajñānasmi pratiṣṭhitānām |
ye ṛddhi darśenti anantacakṣuṣaḥ prāmodyahetoriha sarvadehinām || 1 ||
Inconceivable is the power to promote the weal of the world possessed by those who, firmly established in transcendent knowledge, by means of their unlimited sight display their magic faculty in order to gladden all living beings on earth.
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 (20.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Acit, Lokahita, Dharmata, Abhijna, Jna, Pratishthita, Yah, Yat, Riddhi, Ananta, Cakshusha, Cakshus, Pramodya, Hetu, Sarvadehin,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 20.1). 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: “acintiyā lokahitāna dharmatā abhijñajñānasmi pratiṣṭhitānām ”
- acinti -
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acit (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- yā* -
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yā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
- lokahitān -
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lokahita (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- a -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- dharmatā* -
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dharmatā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]dharmata (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- abhijña -
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abhijña (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]abhijña (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- jñān -
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jña (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- asmi -
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√as (verb class 2)[present active first single]
- pratiṣṭhitānām -
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pratiṣṭhita (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]pratiṣṭhita (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]pratiṣṭhitā (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]
- Line 2: “ye ṛddhi darśenti anantacakṣuṣaḥ prāmodyahetoriha sarvadehinām ”
- ye -
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ya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- ṛddhi -
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ṛddhi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]ṛddhī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]ṛddhī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]ṛddhī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- Cannot analyse darśenti*an
- ananta -
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ananta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ananta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√ant (verb class 1)[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
- cakṣuṣaḥ -
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cakṣuṣa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]cakṣus (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]cakṣus (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- prāmodya -
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prāmodya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- hetor -
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hetu (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- riha -
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√rih (verb class 6)[imperative active second single]
- sarvadehinām -
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sarvadehin (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]sarvadehin (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 20.1
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)