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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 14.23
गङ्गावालिकासमान् कल्पान् गणयेत यदी नरः ।
शलाकां गृह्य हस्तेन पर्यन्तं नैव सो लभेत् ॥ २३ ॥
gaṅgāvālikāsamān kalpān gaṇayeta yadī naraḥ |
śalākāṃ gṛhya hastena paryantaṃ naiva so labhet || 23 ||
Even if one with a magic wand in his hand would try for a number of Aeons equal to the sands of the Ganges to count them, he would not reach the term.
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 (14.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Ganga, Ali, Kas, Kasa, Kalpa, Nara, Nri, Shalaka, Grihya, Hasta, Paryantam, Paryanta, Naiva, Sah,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 14.23). 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: “gaṅgāvālikāsamān kalpān gaṇayeta yadī naraḥ ”
- gaṅgāvā -
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gaṅga (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- āli -
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āli (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]āli (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]āli (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ālī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]ālin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- kāsam -
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kāsa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kāsa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]kāsā (noun, feminine)[adverb]kās (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- ān -
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a (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- kalpān -
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kalpa (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- gaṇayeta -
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√gaṇ (verb class 10)[optative active second plural], [optative middle third single]
- yadī -
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- naraḥ -
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nara (noun, masculine)[nominative single]nṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- Line 2: “śalākāṃ gṛhya hastena paryantaṃ naiva so labhet ”
- śalākām -
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śalākā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- gṛhya -
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gṛhya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]gṛhya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√grah -> gṛhya (absolutive)[absolutive from √grah]√grah -> gṛhya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √grah class 9 verb]√grah -> gṛhya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √grah class 9 verb]
- hastena -
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hasta (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]hasta (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- paryantam -
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paryantam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]paryanta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]paryanta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]paryantā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- naiva -
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naiva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- so* -
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saḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- labhet -
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√labh (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 14.23
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)