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).

उपायकौशल्य ममैवरूपं यत् त्रीणि यानान्युपदर्शयामि ।
एकं तु यानं हि नयश्च एक एका चियं देशन नायकानाम् ॥ ६९ ॥

upāyakauśalya mamaivarūpaṃ yat trīṇi yānānyupadarśayāmi |
ekaṃ tu yānaṃ hi nayaśca eka ekā ciyaṃ deśana nāyakānām || 69 ||

It is but my skilfulness which prompts me to manifest three vehicles; for there is but one vehicle and one track; there is also but one instruction by the leaders.

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

Upayakaushalya, Asmad, Mama, Rupa, Yat, Yad, Yana, Upada, Risha, Yami, Yamin, Eka, Naya, Deshana, Nayaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 2.69). 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: “upāyakauśalya mamaivarūpaṃ yat trīṇi yānānyupadarśayāmi
  • upāyakauśalya -
  • upāyakauśalya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mamai -
  • asmad (pronoun, none)
    [genitive single]
    mamā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative 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]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • rūpam -
  • rūpa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    rūpa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    rūpā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • yat -
  • yat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse trīṇi*yā
  • yānānyu -
  • yāna (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • upadar -
  • upada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    upada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    upadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    upadā (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • ṛśa -
  • ṛśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yāmi -
  • yāmī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    yāmi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    yāmin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    yāmin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [present active first single]
  • Line 2: “ekaṃ tu yānaṃ hi nayaśca eka ekā ciyaṃ deśana nāyakānām
  • ekam -
  • eka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    eka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • yānam -
  • yāna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    yāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    yānā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • nayaś -
  • naya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ni (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • ca* -
  • ca (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • eka* -
  • eka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ekā -
  • ekā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse ciyam*de
  • deśana -
  • deśana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    deśana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nāyakānām -
  • nāyaka (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    nāyaka (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 2.69

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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