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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 7.13
अपाय वर्धन्ति च दीर्घरात्रं दिव्याश्च कायाः परिहाणधर्माः ।
न श्रूयते जातु जिनान शब्दस्तमोन्धकारो अयु सर्वलोकः ॥ १३ ॥
apāya vardhanti ca dīrgharātraṃ divyāśca kāyāḥ parihāṇadharmāḥ |
na śrūyate jātu jināna śabdastamondhakāro ayu sarvalokaḥ || 13 ||
Dangers are for a long time on the increase and the laws (or phenomena, things) are deprived of the (possession of a) celestial body; the word of the Gina is not being heard; the whole world is plunged in thick darkness.
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 (7.13). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Apaya, Dirgharatram, Divi, Divya, Kaya, Parihanadharman, Jatu, Jinana, Shabda, Sarvaloka,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 7.13). 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: “apāya vardhanti ca dīrgharātraṃ divyāśca kāyāḥ parihāṇadharmāḥ ”
- apāya -
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apāya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- var -
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vā (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]va (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]va (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- ṛdhanti -
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√ṛdh (verb class 6)[present active third plural]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dīrgharātram -
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dīrgharātram (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- divyāś -
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divī (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]divya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]divyā (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]
- kāyāḥ -
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kāya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]kāyā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- parihāṇadharmā -
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parihāṇadharman (noun, masculine)[compound], [nominative single]parihāṇadharman (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- aḥ -
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a (noun, masculine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[vocative single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- Line 2: “na śrūyate jātu jināna śabdastamondhakāro ayu sarvalokaḥ ”
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- śrūyate -
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√śru (verb class 5)[present passive third single]
- jātu -
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jātu (indeclinable)[indeclinable]jātu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]jātu (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]jātu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]jātū (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]jātū (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]jātū (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- jināna -
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√ji -> jināna (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √ji class 9 verb]√ji -> jināna (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √ji class 9 verb]
- śabdas -
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śabda (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tamondhakāro -
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- a -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- yu -
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yu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]yu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]yu (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]yū (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- sarvalokaḥ -
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sarvaloka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 7.13
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)