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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 18.40
विमान ये यादृशकाश्च यस्य उदार हीनास्तथ मध्यमाश्च ।
विचित्ररूपाश्च भवन्ति यत्र इह स्थितो घ्राणबलेन घ्रायति ॥ ४० ॥
vimāna ye yādṛśakāśca yasya udāra hīnāstatha madhyamāśca |
vicitrarūpāśca bhavanti yatra iha sthito ghrāṇabalena ghrāyati || 40 ||
By the power of his organ of smell he, without leaving his stand on earth, perceives how and whose are the aerial cars, of lofty, low, and middling size, and other brilliant forms shooting (through the firmament).
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 (18.40). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Vimana, Yah, Yat, Yadrisha, Yasya, Udara, Hina, Tatha, Madhyama, Vicitrarupa, Bhavanti, Bhavat, Bhavant, Yatra, Iha, Sthita, Ghrana, Bala,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 18.40). 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: “vimāna ye yādṛśakāśca yasya udāra hīnāstatha madhyamāśca ”
- vimāna -
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vimāna (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vimāna (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- 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]
- yādṛśa -
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yādṛśa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]yādṛśa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kāś -
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kās (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]kā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative 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]
- yasya*u -
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yasya (noun, masculine)[locative single]yasya (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]yasyā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√yas (verb class 4)[present passive first single]
- ud -
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- udāra -
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udāra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]udāra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- hīnās -
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hīna (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]hīnā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√hā -> hīna (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √hā class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √hā class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √hā class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √hā class 3 verb]√hā -> hīnā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √hā class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √hā class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √hā class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √hā class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √hā class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √hā class 3 verb]
- tatha -
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tatha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tatha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- madhyamāś -
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madhyama (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]madhyamā (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]
- Line 2: “vicitrarūpāśca bhavanti yatra iha sthito ghrāṇabalena ghrāyati ”
- vicitrarūpāś -
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vicitrarūpa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vicitrarūpā (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]
- bhavanti -
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bhavanti (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]bhavantī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]bhavat (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]bhavant (pronoun, neuter)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]√bhū (verb class 1)[present active third plural]
- yatra* -
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yatra (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- iha -
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iha (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]iha (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- sthito* -
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sthita (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
- ghrāṇa -
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ghrāṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ghrāṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- balena -
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bala (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]bala (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- Cannot analyse ghrāyati
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 18.40
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)