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).

वयमप्येदृशाः स्यामो बुद्धा लोके अनुत्तराः ।
संधाभाष्येण देशेन्तो बुद्धबोधिमनुत्तराम् ॥ ३७ ॥

vayamapyedṛśāḥ syāmo buddhā loke anuttarāḥ |
saṃdhābhāṣyeṇa deśento buddhabodhimanuttarām || 37 ||

May we also become such incomparable Buddhas in the world, who by mysterious speech announce supreme Buddha-enlightenment.

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

Vaya, Asmad, Apya, Idrisha, Syama, Buddha, Loka, Anuttara, Sandhabhashya, Desha, Bodhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 3.37). 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: “vayamapyedṛśāḥ syāmo buddhā loke anuttarāḥ
  • vayam -
  • vaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vayā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative dual]
  • apye -
  • apya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    apyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • īdṛśāḥ -
  • īdṛśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    īdṛśā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • syāmo* -
  • syāma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 4)
    [present active first plural]
  • buddhā* -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    buddhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • loke -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    lok (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
  • anuttarāḥ -
  • anuttara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    anuttarā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “saṃdhābhāṣyeṇa deśento buddhabodhimanuttarām
  • sandhābhāṣyeṇa -
  • sandhābhāṣya (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • deśe -
  • deśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    deśā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • īnto -
  • buddha -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    buddha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bodhim -
  • bodhi (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • anuttarām -
  • anuttarā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 3.37

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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