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).

सचेदहं शारिसुता वदेयं सत्त्वान बोधाय जनेथ छन्दम् ।
अजानकाः सर्व भ्रमेयुरत्र न जातु गृह्णीयु सुभाषितं मे ॥ ६२ ॥

sacedahaṃ śārisutā vadeyaṃ sattvāna bodhāya janetha chandam |
ajānakāḥ sarva bhrameyuratra na jātu gṛhṇīyu subhāṣitaṃ me || 62 ||

If, O son of Sari, I spoke to the creatures, “Vivify in your minds the wish for enlightenment,” they would in their ignorance all go astray and never catch the meaning of my good words.

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

Saca, Saci, Sharisuta, Sattva, Bodha, Han, Chanda, Aja, Aka, Sarva, Atra, Jatu, Subhashita, Asmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 2.62). 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: “sacedahaṃ śārisutā vadeyaṃ sattvāna bodhāya janetha chandam
  • sace -
  • sacā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sacā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    saca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    saca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sacā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    saci (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    saci (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    sac (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
  • idaham -
  • idahā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • śārisutā* -
  • śārisuta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • vadeyam -
  • vad (verb class 1)
    [optative active first single]
  • sattvān -
  • sattva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bodhāya -
  • bodha (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    bodha (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • janet -
  • jan (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • ha -
  • ha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    han (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • chandam -
  • chanda (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    chanda (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    chandā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “ajānakāḥ sarva bhrameyuratra na jātu gṛhṇīyu subhāṣitaṃ me
  • ajān -
  • aja (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • akā -
  • aka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ak (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • aḥ -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • sarva -
  • sarva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarva (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • bhrameyur -
  • bhram (verb class 1)
    [optative active third plural]
  • atra -
  • atra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    atra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    atra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jātu -
  • jātu (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    jātu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    jātu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    jātu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    jātū (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    jātū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    jātū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse gṛhṇīyu*su
  • subhāṣitam -
  • subhāṣita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    subhāṣita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    subhāṣitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • me -
  • ma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ma (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 2.62

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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