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).

संदृश्य चैतादृशबुद्धपुत्रांस्तवापि काङ्क्षा व्यपनीत भेष्यति ।
ये चा शता द्वादशिमे अनास्रवा बुद्धा भविष्यन्तिमि लोकि सर्वे ॥ १३३ ॥

saṃdṛśya caitādṛśabuddhaputrāṃstavāpi kāṅkṣā vyapanīta bheṣyati |
ye cā śatā dvādaśime anāsravā buddhā bhaviṣyantimi loki sarve || 133 ||

On beholding such worthy sons of Buddha (I said): Thy doubts also will be removed, and these twelve hundred (disciples) of mine, free from imperfections, will all of them become Buddhas.

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

Sandrishya, Etadrisha, Buddha, Putra, Yushmad, Api, Kanksha, Vyapanita, Yah, Yat, Shata, Dvadashi, Dvadashin, Asmad, Anasrava, Bhavishyat, Timi, Lokin, Sarva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 2.133). 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: “saṃdṛśya caitādṛśabuddhaputrāṃstavāpi kāṅkṣā vyapanīta bheṣyati
  • sandṛśya -
  • sandṛśya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sandṛśya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • etādṛśa -
  • etādṛśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    etādṛśa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • buddha -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    buddha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • putrāṃs -
  • putra (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • tavā -
  • yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [genitive single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • kāṅkṣā* -
  • kāṅkṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    kāṅkṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • vyapanīta -
  • vyapanīta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vyapanīta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bheṣyati -
  • bhī (verb class 1)
    [future active third single]
    bhī (verb class 3)
    [future active third single]
  • Line 2: “ye śatā dvādaśime anāsravā buddhā bhaviṣyantimi loki sarve
  • 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]
  • -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • śatā* -
  • śatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • dvādaśi -
  • dvādaśī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    dvādaśin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    dvādaśin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative 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]
  • anāsravā* -
  • anāsrava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    anāsravā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • buddhā* -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    buddhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bhaviṣyan -
  • bhaviṣyat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • timi -
  • timi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    timi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    timī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • loki -
  • lokin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    lokin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • sarve -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 2.133

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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