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Click on any phrase to show all of the occurrences of that phrase in the first chapter of the Lotus Sutra, with direct links to the appropriate section of the text. The number in parentheses represents the number of times that phrase occurred in the text.

Prose

countless (2) ↴
- … paid homage to countless hundreds of thousands…
- … were famous throughout countless worlds and had…
eight (4) ↴
- … devaputras . The eight nāga kings—namely, Nanda,…
- … last buddha fathered eight princes before he…
- … Dharmamati. These eight princes were endowed…
- … the Buddha Candrasūryapradīpa’s eight princes. Varaprabha led…
eight hundred (2) ↴
- … there with his eight hundred disciples. At that…
- … “Among the eight hundred disciples of Bodhisattva…
eighteen thousand (3) ↴
- … illuminated all the eighteen thousand worlds in the…
- … that illuminates the eighteen thousand worlds in the…
- … illuminated all the eighteen thousand worlds in the…
eighty (1) ↴
- … full period of eighty intermediate kalpas .…
eighty thousand (2) ↴
- … There were also eighty thousand bodhisattva mahā sattvas…
- … There were altogether eighty thousand such bodhisattva mahāsattvas…
four (7) ↴
- … devas of the four quarters were there,…
- … There were four kings of the…
- … attendants . The four kings of the…
- … There, too, were four kings of the…
- … and Maharddhiprāpta, the four kings of the…
- … third Anantamati, the fourth Ratimati, the…
- … them ruled over four great continents. Having…
fourfold (2) ↴
- … surrounded by the fourfold assembly (i.e., monks,…
- … minds of the fourfold assembly of monks,…
hundreds of thousands (2) ↴
- … homage to countless hundreds of thousands of buddhas ,…
- … had saved innumerable hundreds of thousands of sentient beings.…
immeasurable (2) ↴
- … called Immeasurable Meanings,…
- … the ‘abode of immeasurable meanings.’…
innumerable (1) ↴
- … past, more than innumerable, unthinkable, incalculable…
innumerable hundreds of thousands of myriads of koṭis (2) ↴
- … paying homage to innumerable hundreds of thousands of myriads of koṭis of buddhas, all…
- … able to meet innumerable hundreds of thousands of myriads of koṭis of buddhas whom…
seven (1) ↴
- … made of the seven precious treasures. At…
several hundreds of thousands (6) ↴
- … them surrounded by several hundreds of thousands of attendants.…
- … and each had several hundreds of thousands of attendants .…
- … them also with several hundreds of thousands of attendants .…
- … Rahu, each with several hundreds of thousands of attendants .…
- … there together with several hundreds of thousands of attendants .…
- … also there with several hundreds of thousands of his attendants…
six (4) ↴
- … world quaked in six ways . At…
- … living in the six transmigratory states became…
- … respect to the six perfections (pāramitās), causing…
- … world quaked in six ways. At that…
six thousand (1) ↴
- … together with her six thousand attendants; and also…
sixty (3) ↴
- … remained sitting for sixty intermediate kalpas and…
- … Buddha’s exposition for sixty intermediate kalpas as…
- … this sutra for sixty intermediate kalpas ,…
ten (1) ↴
- … endowed with the ten epithets. The Dharma…
ten thousand (1) ↴
- … a retinue of ten thousand devaputras . The…
thirty thousand (1) ↴
- … there, attended by thirty thousand devaputras . Brahma,…
thousands of myriads (1) ↴
- … merit under many thousands of myriads of buddhas.…
twelve thousand (2) ↴
- … great assembly of twelve thousand monks, all of…
- … a retinue of twelve thousand devaputras . The…
twenty koṭis (1) ↴
- … time there were twenty koṭis of bodhisattvas in…
twenty thousand (2) ↴
- … there, attended by twenty thousand devaputras . Candra,…
- … in this way twenty thousand buddhas all had…
two thousand (1) ↴
- … were in addition two thousand others, both those…

Verse

Note: Verse links do not contain ellipses because they direct you to a line.

eight (2) ↴
- The Buddha fathered eight princes.
- eight princes
eighteen thousand (2) ↴
- Illuminates the eighteen thousand worlds,
- The eighteen thousand buddha worlds in the east
eighty (1) ↴
- For eighty intermediate kalpas
five (1) ↴
- And obtaining the five transcendent powers.
five thousand (1) ↴
- Five thousand yojanas in height and
four (1) ↴
- Such as ornamented carts yoked with four horses
fourfold (4) ↴
- And the fourfold assembly
- The fourfold assembly is joyfully
- You should know that the fourfold assembly,
- At that time the fourfold assembly,
hundred (1) ↴
- And a hundred kinds of medicine
immeasurable (1) ↴
- Called the “abode of immeasurable meanings.”
incalculable (1) ↴
- And incalculable numbers of bodhisattvas,
innumerable (12) ↴
- Teaching the Dharma by innumerable illustrations
- Who are teaching innumerable sentient beings
- He has illuminated innumerable lands.
- Leading and inspiring innumerable sentient beings
- There were innumerable śrāvakas
- Consoled the innumerable beings
- Innumerable sentient beings to the path
- And innumerable stupas were built
- And met innumerable buddhas
- Had brought innumerable sentient beings to the path
- He was able to meet innumerable buddhas
- Innumerable sentient beings to the path.
innumerable incalculable (1) ↴
- Innumerable incalculable kalpas ago,
koṭis (1) ↴
- In koṭis of kalpas!
one thousand (1) ↴
- Are one thousand banners, flags, and canopies
six (4) ↴
- And this world quakes in six ways
- Of the six transmigratory states of existence,
- on (i.e., the six perfections),
- Acquired all the six perfections and
sixty (1) ↴
- full period of sixty intermediate kalpas
thousands of koṭis (1) ↴
- Thousands of koṭis of things in this way.
thousands of myriads (2) ↴
- thousands of myriads of verses
- Worth thousands of myriads
thousands of myriads of koṭis (2) ↴
- For thousands of myriads of koṭis
- thousands of myriads of koṭis
three (1) ↴
- Which is the highest in the three worlds,
two thousand (1) ↴
- Two thousand yojanas in both length and width

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