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).

चर्यां चरित्वा तद आनुलोमिकीं बुद्धा अभूवन् बहुलोकधातुषु ।
परस्परं ते च अनन्तरेण अन्योन्य व्याकर्षु तदाग्रबोधये ॥ ८८ ॥

caryāṃ caritvā tada ānulomikīṃ buddhā abhūvan bahulokadhātuṣu |
parasparaṃ te ca anantareṇa anyonya vyākarṣu tadāgrabodhaye || 88 ||

By following the regular course they became Buddhas in several spheres, and as they followed one another in immediate succession they successively foretold each other's future destiny to Buddhaship.

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

Cari, Carya, Tada, Anulomiki, Buddha, Bahula, Uka, Dhatu, Parasparam, Paraspara, Tad, Yushmad, Anantara, Anyonya, Vya, Agrabodhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 1.88). 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: “caryāṃ caritvā tada ānulomikīṃ buddhā abhūvan bahulokadhātuṣu
  • caryām -
  • carī (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    caryā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • caritvā -
  • car -> caritvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √car]
  • tada*ā -
  • tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tada (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • ān -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ānulomikīm -
  • ānulomikī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • buddhā* -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    buddhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • abhūvan -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [aorist active third plural]
  • bahulo -
  • bahula (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bahula (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bahulā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • uka -
  • uka (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • dhātuṣu -
  • dhātu (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
    dhātu (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    dhātu (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • Line 2: “parasparaṃ te ca anantareṇa anyonya vyākarṣu tadāgrabodhaye
  • parasparam -
  • parasparam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    paraspara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    paraspara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    parasparā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • anantareṇa -
  • anantara (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    anantara (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • anyonya -
  • anyonya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    anyonya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vyā -
  • vi (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    vi (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    vi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ve (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    vya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vi (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
    vyā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • ākar -
  • ak (verb class 1)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
  • ṛṣu -
  • ṛṣu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
    (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
  • tadā -
  • tadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tadā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • agrabodhaye -
  • agrabodhi (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 1.88

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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