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).

उपायकौशल्यमनन्तु तेषां भविष्यति लोकविनायकानाम् ।
येना विनेष्यन्तिह प्राणकोट्यो बौद्धस्मि ज्ञानस्मि अनास्रवस्मिन् ॥ ९९ ॥

upāyakauśalyamanantu teṣāṃ bhaviṣyati lokavināyakānām |
yenā vineṣyantiha prāṇakoṭyo bauddhasmi jñānasmi anāsravasmin || 99 ||

Endless shall be the skilfulness of these leaders of the world, by which they shall educate kotis of beings to that Buddha-knowledge which is free from imperfection.

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

Upayakaushalya, Tad, Bhavishyat, Lokavinayaka, Vina, Ishyat, Ishyanti, Han, Pranaka, Ush, Jna, Ana, Asra, Idam,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 2.99). 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: “upāyakauśalyamanantu teṣāṃ bhaviṣyati lokavināyakānām
  • upāyakauśalyam -
  • upāyakauśalya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • anantu -
  • an (verb class 2)
    [imperative active third plural]
  • teṣām -
  • tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • bhaviṣyati -
  • bhaviṣyat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhaviṣyat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [future active third single]
  • lokavināyakānām -
  • lokavināyaka (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • Line 2: “yenā vineṣyantiha prāṇakoṭyo bauddhasmi jñānasmi anāsravasmin
  • yenā -
  • vine -
  • vinā (indeclinable postposition)
    [indeclinable postposition]
    vina (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    vina (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    vi (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    vi (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single], [dative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single], [dative single]
    vinā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • iṣyanti -
  • iṣ -> iṣyat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √iṣ class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √iṣ class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √iṣ class 4 verb]
    iṣ -> iṣyantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √iṣ class 4 verb]
    iṣ (verb class 4)
    [present active third plural]
  • ha -
  • ha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    han (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • prāṇako -
  • prāṇaka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • uṭ -
  • uṣ (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • yo* -
  • Cannot analyse bauddhasmi*jñ
  • jñān -
  • jña (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • asmi -
  • as (verb class 2)
    [present active first single]
  • anā -
  • anā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • āsra -
  • āsra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āsra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • va -
  • u (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ū (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    ū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    au (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    au (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • asmin -
  • idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [locative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 2.99

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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