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).

आरागयी बुद्धसहस्रकोट्यः पूजां च तेषां विपुलामकार्षीत् ।
चीर्णा च चर्या वर आनुलोमिकी दृष्टश्च बुद्धो अयु शाक्यसिंहः ॥ ९३ ॥

ārāgayī buddhasahasrakoṭyaḥ pūjāṃ ca teṣāṃ vipulāmakārṣīt |
cīrṇā ca caryā vara ānulomikī dṛṣṭaśca buddho ayu śākyasiṃhaḥ || 93 ||

He propitiated thousands of kotis of Buddhas, whom he rendered ample honour. He went through the regular course of duties and saw the present Buddha Sakyasimha.

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

Ara, Gayin, Buddha, Sahasrakoti, Puja, Tad, Vipula, Cirna, Cari, Carya, Vara, Anulomiki, Drishta, Shakyasimha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 1.93). 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: “ārāgayī buddhasahasrakoṭyaḥ pūjāṃ ca teṣāṃ vipulāmakārṣīt
  • ārā -
  • ārā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • gayī -
  • gayin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • buddha -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    buddha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sahasrakoṭyaḥ -
  • sahasrakoṭī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    sahasrakoṭī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • pūjām -
  • pūjā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • teṣām -
  • tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • vipulām -
  • vipulā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • akārṣīt -
  • kṛ (verb class 1)
    [aorist active third single]
    kṛ (verb class 2)
    [aorist active third single]
    kṛ (verb class 5)
    [aorist active third single]
    kṛ (verb class 8)
    [aorist active third single]
  • Line 2: “cīrṇā ca caryā vara ānulomikī dṛṣṭaśca buddho ayu śākyasiṃhaḥ
  • cīrṇā -
  • cīrṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • caryā* -
  • carī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    carya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    caryā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vara*ā -
  • vara (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    vara (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    varā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ān -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ānulomikī -
  • ānulomikī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • dṛṣṭaś -
  • dṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • buddho -
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yu -
  • yu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    yu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    yu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • śākyasiṃhaḥ -
  • śākyasiṃha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 1.93

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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