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lotus sutra

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables
lo-tus -su-tra
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

"Sūtra on the White Lotus of the Sublime Dharma Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra", a popular Sanskrit treatise which forms the basis of many forms of Buddhism.

Etymology

From a calque of Sanskrit सद्धर्मपुण्डरीकसूत्र (Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra).

Questions

What does lotus sutra mean?
"Sūtra on the White Lotus of the Sublime Dharma Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra", a popular Sanskrit treatise which forms the basis of many forms of Buddhism.
Where does lotus sutra come from?
From a calque of Sanskrit सद्धर्मपुण्डरीकसूत्र (Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra).

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