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).

एवं च मे चिन्तितु एष धर्मो ये चान्ये बुद्धा दशसु द्दिशासु ।
दर्शिंसु ते मह्य तदात्मभावं साधुं ति घोषं समुदीरयन्ति ॥ ११९ ॥

evaṃ ca me cintitu eṣa dharmo ye cānye buddhā daśasu ddiśāsu |
darśiṃsu te mahya tadātmabhāvaṃ sādhuṃ ti ghoṣaṃ samudīrayanti || 119 ||

When I was thus meditating on the law, the other Buddhas in all the directions of space appeared to me in their own body and raised their voice, crying 'Amen.

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

Evam, Eva, Asmad, Cit, Cintin, Esha, Dharma, Yah, Yat, Buddha, Dashan, Tad, Yushmad, Mahya, Tada, Bhava, Sadhu, Ghosha, Samud, Irayat, Irayanti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 2.119). 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: “evaṃ ca me cintitu eṣa dharmo ye cānye buddhā daśasu ddiśāsu
  • evam -
  • evam (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    evam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • 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]
  • cinti -
  • cinti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cintin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cintin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    cit (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • eṣa -
  • eṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    eṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single], [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
    iṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • dharmo* -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • 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]
  • cānye -
  • buddhā* -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    buddhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • daśasu -
  • daśan (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    daśan (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • Cannot analyse ddiśāsu
  • Line 2: “darśiṃsu te mahya tadātmabhāvaṃ sādhuṃ ti ghoṣaṃ samudīrayanti
  • Cannot analyse darśiṃsu*te
  • 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]
  • mahya -
  • mahya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mahya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mah -> mahya (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √mah]
    mah -> mahya (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √mah]
    mah -> mahya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √mah]
    mah -> mahya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √mah]
    mah -> mahya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √mah class 10 verb], [vocative single from √mah]
    mah -> mahya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √mah class 10 verb], [vocative single from √mah]
  • tadāt -
  • tada (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ma -
  • ma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhāvam -
  • bhāva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bhū -> bhāvam (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √bhū]
  • sādhum -
  • sādhu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse ti*gh
  • ghoṣam -
  • ghoṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ghoṣā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • samudī -
  • samud (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    samud (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • īrayanti -
  • īr -> īrayantī (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √īr]
    īr -> īrayat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √īr], [vocative plural from √īr], [accusative plural from √īr]
    īr -> īrayantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √īr]
    īr (verb class 0)
    [present active third plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 2.119

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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