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).

अनागताश्चो बहु बुद्ध लोके तिष्ठन्ति ये चो परमार्थदर्शिनः ।
उपायकौशल्यशतैश्च धर्मं निदर्शयिष्यन्त्यथ देशयन्ति च ॥ १८ ॥

anāgatāśco bahu buddha loke tiṣṭhanti ye co paramārthadarśinaḥ |
upāyakauśalyaśataiśca dharmaṃ nidarśayiṣyantyatha deśayanti ca || 18 ||

How the many future Buddhas and those who are now existing, as knowers of the real truth, shall expound or are expounding this law by hundreds of able devices;

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

Anagata, Bahu, Buddha, Loka, Tishthat, Tishthanti, Yah, Yat, Paramartha, Darshin, Darshi, Upayakaushalya, Shata, Dharma, Darshayishyat, Darshayishyanti, Atha, Deshayat, Deshayanti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 3.18). 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: “anāgatāśco bahu buddha loke tiṣṭhanti ye co paramārthadarśinaḥ
  • anāgatāś -
  • anāgata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    anāgatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • co* -
  • ca (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bahu -
  • bahu (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    bahu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    bahu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bahu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • buddha -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    buddha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • loke -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    lok (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
  • tiṣṭhanti -
  • tiṣṭhantī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    tiṣṭhantī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    tiṣṭhantī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √sthā class 1 verb]
    sthā -> tiṣṭhantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
    sthā (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • 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]
  • co -
  • paramārtha -
  • paramārtha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • darśinaḥ -
  • darśin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    darśin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    darśī (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “upāyakauśalyaśataiśca dharmaṃ nidarśayiṣyantyatha deśayanti ca
  • upāyakauśalya -
  • upāyakauśalya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śataiś -
  • śata (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dharmam -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dharman (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    dharmā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ni -
  • ni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ni (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    ni (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • darśayiṣyantya -
  • dṛś -> darśayiṣyantī (participle, feminine)
    [compound from √dṛś], [adverb from √dṛś]
    dṛś -> darśayiṣyat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √dṛś], [nominative plural from √dṛś], [vocative dual from √dṛś], [vocative plural from √dṛś], [accusative dual from √dṛś], [accusative plural from √dṛś]
    dṛś -> darśayiṣyantī (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √dṛś], [vocative single from √dṛś]
    dṛś (verb class 0)
    [future active third plural]
  • atha -
  • atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • deśayanti -
  • diś -> deśayantī (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √diś]
    diś -> deśayat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √diś], [vocative plural from √diś], [accusative plural from √diś]
    diś -> deśayantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √diś]
    diś (verb class 0)
    [present active third plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 3.18

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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