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).

श्रीगर्भ एषो विदु बोधिसत्त्वो गतिं गतो ज्ञानि अनास्रवस्मिन् ।
स्पृशिष्यते उत्तममग्रबोधिं विमलाग्रनेत्रो ति जिनो भविष्यति ॥ ८३ ॥

śrīgarbha eṣo vidu bodhisattvo gatiṃ gato jñāni anāsravasmin |
spṛśiṣyate uttamamagrabodhiṃ vimalāgranetro ti jino bhaviṣyati || 83 ||

“The wise Bodhisattva Srigarbha, after finishing his course in faultless knowledge, shall reach highest, supreme enlightenment, and become a Gina under the name of Vimalagranetra”.

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

Shrigarbha, Esha, Vidu, Bodhisattva, Gati, Gat, Gata, Jna, Jnanin, Jnani, Ana, Asra, Idam, Uttamam, Uttama, Agrabodhi, Jina, Bhavishyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 1.83). 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: “śrīgarbha eṣo vidu bodhisattvo gatiṃ gato jñāni anāsravasmin
  • śrīgarbha* -
  • śrīgarbha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • eṣo* -
  • eṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vidu -
  • vidu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vidu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vidu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • bodhisattvo* -
  • bodhisattva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • gatim -
  • gati (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    gati (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • gato* -
  • gat (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    gat (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    gata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • jñāni -
  • jñānin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    jñānin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    jñānī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    jñānī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    jñānī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    jña (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • anā -
  • anā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • āsra -
  • āsra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āsra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • va -
  • u (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ū (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    ū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    au (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    au (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • asmin -
  • idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • Line 2: “spṛśiṣyate uttamamagrabodhiṃ vimalāgranetro ti jino bhaviṣyati
  • Cannot analyse spṛśiṣyate*ut
  • uttamam -
  • uttamam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    uttama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    uttama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    uttamā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • agrabodhim -
  • agrabodhi (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • vimalāgranetro -
  • Cannot analyse ti*ji
  • jino* -
  • ji (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    jina (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhaviṣyati -
  • bhaviṣyat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhaviṣyat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [future active third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 1.83

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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