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).

एकीभवित्वान च ते ऽद्य सर्वे विचिन्तयेयुः सुगतस्य ज्ञानम् ।
न शक्त सर्वे सहिता पि ज्ञातुं यथाप्रमेयं मम बुद्धज्ञानम् ॥ ११ ॥

ekībhavitvāna ca te 'dya sarve vicintayeyuḥ sugatasya jñānam |
na śakta sarve sahitā pi jñātuṃ yathāprameyaṃ mama buddhajñānam || 11 ||

And if those beings combined were to investigate the knowledge of the Sugata, they would, all together, not be able to comprehend the Buddha-knowledge in its whole immensity.

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

Ekin, Bhavin, Tva, Tad, Yushmad, Adya, Sarva, Vicinta, Sugata, Jnana, Shakta, Sahitri, Sahita, Yatha, Aprameya, Asmad, Buddhajnana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 2.11). 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: “ekībhavitvāna ca te 'dya sarve vicintayeyuḥ sugatasya jñānam
  • ekī -
  • ekin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhavi -
  • bhavin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bhavin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tvān -
  • tva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • 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]
  • adya -
  • adya (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    adya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    adya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sarve -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • vicintaye -
  • vicintā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • iyuḥ -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [optative active third plural], [perfect active third plural]
  • sugatasya -
  • sugata (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    sugata (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • jñānam -
  • jñāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    jñānā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “na śakta sarve sahitā pi jñātuṃ yathāprameyaṃ mama buddhajñānam
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śakta -
  • śakta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śakta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śac -> śakta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √śac class 1 verb]
    śac -> śakta (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √śac class 1 verb]
    śak -> śakta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √śak class 5 verb]
    śak -> śakta (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √śak class 5 verb]
  • sarve -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • sahitā -
  • sahitṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    sahitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    sah -> sahitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √sah class 1 verb], [nominative single from √sah class 10 verb]
    sah (verb class 1)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    sah (verb class 4)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
  • Cannot analyse pi*jñ
  • jñātum -
  • jñā -> jñātum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √jñā]
    jñā -> jñātum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √jñā]
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • aprameyam -
  • aprameya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    aprameya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    aprameyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • mama -
  • asmad (pronoun, none)
    [genitive single]
    (verb class 2)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 3)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 4)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • buddhajñānam -
  • buddhajñāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 2.11

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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