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).

कदाचि कहिंचि कथंचि लोके उत्पादु भोति पुरुषर्षभाणाम् ।
उत्पद्य चा लोकि अनन्तचक्षुषः कदाचिदेतादृशु धर्म देशयुः ॥ १३५ ॥

kadāci kahiṃci kathaṃci loke utpādu bhoti puruṣarṣabhāṇām |
utpadya cā loki anantacakṣuṣaḥ kadācidetādṛśu dharma deśayuḥ || 135 ||

At certain times, at certain places, somehow do the leaders appear in the world, and after their appearance will they, whose view is boundless, at one time or another preach a similar law.

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

Loka, Bha, Bhu, Purusharshabha, Lokin, Ananta, Cakshusha, Cakshus, Dharma, Dharman, Desha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 2.135). 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: “kadāci kahiṃci kathaṃci loke utpādu bhoti puruṣarṣabhāṇām
  • Cannot analyse kadāci*ka
  • Cannot analyse kahiñci*ka
  • Cannot analyse kathañci*lo
  • loke -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    lok (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
  • Cannot analyse utpādu*bh
  • bho -
  • bha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    bhā (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    bhu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    bhu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • ūti -
  • ūti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ūti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • puruṣarṣabhāṇām -
  • puruṣarṣabha (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • Line 2: “utpadya loki anantacakṣuṣaḥ kadācidetādṛśu dharma deśayuḥ
  • Cannot analyse utpadya*cā
  • cā* -
  • ca (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • loki -
  • lokin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    lokin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ananta -
  • ananta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ananta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ant (verb class 1)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
  • cakṣuṣaḥ -
  • cakṣuṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    cakṣus (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    cakṣus (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Cannot analyse kadācidetādṛśu*dh
  • dharma -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • deśa -
  • deśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yuḥ -
  • yu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 2.135

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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