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).

शृणोमि पश्यामि च मञ्जुघोष इह स्थितो ईदृशकानि तत्र ।
अन्या विशेषाण सहस्रकोट्यः प्रदेशमात्रं ततु वर्णयिष्ये ॥ १२ ॥

śṛṇomi paśyāmi ca mañjughoṣa iha sthito īdṛśakāni tatra |
anyā viśeṣāṇa sahasrakoṭyaḥ pradeśamātraṃ tatu varṇayiṣye || 12 ||

From this place, O Manjughosha, I see and hear such things and thousands of kotis of other particulars besides; I will only describe some of them.

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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 (1.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pashya, Amin, Manjughosha, Iha, Idrishaka, Tatra, Ani, Anya, Vishesha, Sahasrakoti, Pradesha, Atra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 1.12). 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: “śṛṇomi paśyāmi ca mañjughoṣa iha sthito īdṛśakāni tatra
  • śṛṇomi -
  • śru (verb class 5)
    [present active first single]
  • paśyā -
  • paśya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    paśya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    paśyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    paś -> paśya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √paś class 10 verb]
    paś -> paśya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √paś class 10 verb]
    paś -> paśyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √paś class 10 verb]
  • ami -
  • amin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    amin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mañjughoṣa* -
  • mañjughoṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • iha -
  • iha (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • sthito -
  • īdṛśakāni -
  • īdṛśaka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Line 2: “anyā viśeṣāṇa sahasrakoṭyaḥ pradeśamātraṃ tatu varṇayiṣye
  • anyā* -
  • anī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    anyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
    an (verb class 2)
    [optative active second single]
  • viśeṣā -
  • viśeṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    viśeṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    viśeṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aṇa -
  • aṇ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • sahasrakoṭyaḥ -
  • sahasrakoṭī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    sahasrakoṭī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • pradeśam -
  • pradeśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • ātram -
  • ātra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ta -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • varṇayiṣye -
  • varṇ (verb class 10)
    [future middle first single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 1.12

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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