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).

मान्दारवाणां च महन्त वर्षं पुष्पाणि मुञ्चन्ति सुराः सुहृष्टाः ।
मञ्जूषकांश्चन्दनचूर्णमिश्रान् दिव्यान् सुगन्धांश्च मनोरमांश्च ॥ २ ॥

māndāravāṇāṃ ca mahanta varṣaṃ puṣpāṇi muñcanti surāḥ suhṛṣṭāḥ |
mañjūṣakāṃścandanacūrṇamiśrān divyān sugandhāṃśca manoramāṃśca || 2 ||

The gods, overjoyed, let drop Manjushakas and sandal powder, divine, fragrant, and delicious.

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (1.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mandarava, Mahanta, Varsha, Pushpa, Muncat, Muncanti, Sura, Hrishta, Manjushaka, Candana, Curna, Mishra, Divya, Sugandha, Manorama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 1.2). 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: “māndāravāṇāṃ ca mahanta varṣaṃ puṣpāṇi muñcanti surāḥ suhṛṣṭāḥ
  • māndāravāṇām -
  • māndārava (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mahanta -
  • mahanta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • varṣam -
  • varṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    varṣa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    varṣā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • puṣpāṇi -
  • puṣpa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • muñcanti -
  • muc -> muñcat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √muc class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √muc class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √muc class 6 verb]
    muc -> muñcantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √muc class 6 verb]
    muñc -> muñcat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √muñc class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √muñc class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √muñc class 1 verb]
    muñc -> muñcantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √muñc class 1 verb]
    muc (verb class 6)
    [present active third plural]
    muñc (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • surāḥ -
  • sura (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    surā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • su -
  • (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    so (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • hṛṣṭāḥ -
  • hṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    hṛṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    hṛṣ -> hṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √hṛṣ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √hṛṣ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √hṛṣ class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √hṛṣ class 4 verb]
    hṛṣ -> hṛṣṭā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √hṛṣ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √hṛṣ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √hṛṣ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √hṛṣ class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √hṛṣ class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √hṛṣ class 4 verb]
  • Line 2: “mañjūṣakāṃścandanacūrṇamiśrān divyān sugandhāṃśca manoramāṃśca
  • mañjūṣakāṃś -
  • mañjūṣaka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • candana -
  • candana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    candana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • cūrṇa -
  • cūrṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    cūrṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • miśrān -
  • miśra (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • divyān -
  • divya (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • sugandhāṃś -
  • sugandha (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • manoramāṃś -
  • manorama (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 1.2

Cover of edition (2013)

The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)

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Cover of edition (2001)

The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)

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