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).

भवन्ति ये चेह सदा विशुद्धा व्यक्ता शुची सूरत बुद्धपुत्राः ।
कृताधिकारा बहुबुद्धकोटिषु वैपुल्यसूत्राणि वदामि तेषाम् ॥ ५० ॥

bhavanti ye ceha sadā viśuddhā vyaktā śucī sūrata buddhaputrāḥ |
kṛtādhikārā bahubuddhakoṭiṣu vaipulyasūtrāṇi vadāmi teṣām || 50 ||

And to those in the world who have always been pure, wise, good-minded, compassionate sonsof Buddha and done their duty under many kotis of Buddhas will I make known amplified Sutras.

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

Bhavanti, Bhavat, Bhavant, Yah, Yat, Sada, Vishuddha, Vyakta, Shuc, Shuci, Shucin, Surata, Buddha, Putra, Kritadhikara, Bahu, Buddhaka, Ush, Vaipulyasutra, Tad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 2.50). 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: “bhavanti ye ceha sadā viśuddhā vyaktā śucī sūrata buddhaputrāḥ
  • bhavanti -
  • bhavanti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bhavantī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ceha -
  • cah (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • sadā* -
  • sada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • viśuddhā* -
  • viśuddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    viśuddhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vyaktā -
  • vyaktā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • śucī -
  • śucī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    śucī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    śuc (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    śuci (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    śuci (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    śucin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sūrata -
  • sūrata (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sūrata (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • buddha -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    buddha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • putrāḥ -
  • putra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    putrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “kṛtādhikārā bahubuddhakoṭiṣu vaipulyasūtrāṇi vadāmi teṣām
  • kṛtādhikārā* -
  • kṛtādhikāra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kṛtādhikārā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bahu -
  • bahu (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    bahu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    bahu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bahu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • buddhako -
  • buddhaka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • uṭ -
  • uṣ (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • iṣu -
  • iṣu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    i (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
  • vaipulyasūtrāṇi -
  • vaipulyasūtra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vadāmi -
  • vad (verb class 1)
    [present active first single]
  • teṣām -
  • tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 2.50

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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