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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 6.29
बहुबोधिसत्त्वास्तथ श्रावकाश्च अमिता असंख्या पि च तत्र क्षेत्रे ।
उपशोभयिष्यन्ति ति बुद्धशासनं भवप्रहीणा विभवाश्च सर्वे ॥ २९ ॥
bahubodhisattvāstatha śrāvakāśca amitā asaṃkhyā pi ca tatra kṣetre |
upaśobhayiṣyanti ti buddhaśāsanaṃ bhavaprahīṇā vibhavāśca sarve || 29 ||
Many Bodhisattvas as well as disciples, beyond measure and calculation, will in that field adorn the reign of that Buddha, all of them freed from existence and exempt from existence.
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 (6.29). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Bahu, Bodhisattva, Tatha, Shravaka, Amita, Asankhya, Tatra, Kshetra, Upa, Shobhayishyat, Shobhayishyanti, Buddhashasana, Bhava, Prahina, Vibhava, Sarva,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 6.29). 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: “bahubodhisattvāstatha śrāvakāśca amitā asaṃkhyā pi ca tatra kṣetre ”
- bahu -
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bahu (indeclinable)[indeclinable]bahu (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]bahu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]bahu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- bodhisattvās -
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bodhisattva (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- tatha -
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tatha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tatha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- śrāvakāś -
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śrāvaka (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- amitā* -
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amita (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]amitā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- asaṅkhyā -
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asaṅkhyā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Cannot analyse pi*ca
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- tatra -
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tatra (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tatra (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tatra (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- kṣetre -
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kṣetra (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- Line 2: “upaśobhayiṣyanti ti buddhaśāsanaṃ bhavaprahīṇā vibhavāśca sarve ”
- upa -
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upa (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]upa (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]upa (indeclinable)[indeclinable]upa (Preverb)[Preverb]
- śobhayiṣyanti -
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√śubh -> śobhayiṣyantī (participle, feminine)[adverb from √śubh]√śubh -> śobhayiṣyat (participle, neuter)[nominative plural from √śubh], [vocative plural from √śubh], [accusative plural from √śubh]√śubh -> śobhayiṣyantī (participle, feminine)[vocative single from √śubh]√śubh (verb class 0)[future active third plural]
- Cannot analyse ti*bu
- buddhaśāsanam -
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buddhaśāsana (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]buddhaśāsana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- bhava -
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bhava (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]bhava (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√bhū (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- prahīṇā* -
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prahīṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]prahīṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- vibhavāś -
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vibhava (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vibhavā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- sarve -
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sarva (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [locative single]sarva (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]sarvā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 6.29
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)