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).

तेषां च बुद्धान परंपरेण दीपंकरः पश्चिमको अभूषि ।
देवातिदेवो ऋषिसंघपूजितो विनीतवान् प्राणिसहस्रकोट्यः ॥ ८९ ॥

teṣāṃ ca buddhāna paraṃpareṇa dīpaṃkaraḥ paścimako abhūṣi |
devātidevo ṛṣisaṃghapūjito vinītavān prāṇisahasrakoṭyaḥ || 89 ||

The last of these Buddhas following one another was Dipankara. He, the supreme god of gods, honoured by crowds of sages, educated thousands of kotis of living beings.

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

Tad, Buddha, Parampara, Dipankara, Pashcima, Abhu, Ush, Rishisangha, Pujita, Vinita, Vat, Pra, Pran, Pranin, Sahasrakoti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 1.89). 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: “teṣāṃ ca buddhāna paraṃpareṇa dīpaṃkaraḥ paścimako abhūṣi
  • teṣām -
  • tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • buddhān -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • parampareṇa -
  • parampara (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    parampara (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • dīpaṅkaraḥ -
  • dīpaṅkara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • paścima -
  • paścima (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    paścima (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • ko -
  • ku (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • abhū -
  • abhū (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
  • uṣi -
  • uṣ (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • Line 2: “devātidevo ṛṣisaṃghapūjito vinītavān prāṇisahasrakoṭyaḥ
  • devātidevo -
  • ṛṣisaṅgha -
  • ṛṣisaṅgha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ṛṣisaṅgha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pūjito* -
  • pūjita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    pūj -> pūjita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √pūj class 1 verb], [nominative single from √pūj class 10 verb]
  • vinīta -
  • vinīta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vinīta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vān -
  • va (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    -> vāt (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √ class 2 verb], [vocative single from √ class 2 verb]
    -> vāt (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √ class 1 verb]
  • prāṇi -
  • prāṇin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    prāṇin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    prāṇ (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    prāṇ (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [locative single]
    prā (verb class 2)
    [imperative active first single]
  • sahasrakoṭyaḥ -
  • sahasrakoṭī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    sahasrakoṭī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 1.89

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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