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).

शतान पञ्चान अनूनकानां आवासु सो तत्र भवेत प्राणिनाम् ।
बहूनि चा निष्कुटसंकटानि उच्चारपूर्णानि जुगुप्सितानि ॥ ४१ ॥

śatāna pañcāna anūnakānāṃ āvāsu so tatra bhaveta prāṇinām |
bahūni cā niṣkuṭasaṃkaṭāni uccārapūrṇāni jugupsitāni || 41 ||

It is inhabited by no less than five hundred beings; containing many cells and closets filled with excrements and disgusting.

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

Shata, Ana, Panca, Anunaka, Asu, Tatra, Pranin, Bahu, Nishkuta, Sankata, Uccara, Purna, Jugupsita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 3.41). 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: “śatāna pañcāna anūnakānāṃ āvāsu so tatra bhaveta prāṇinām
  • śatā -
  • śata (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ana -
  • ana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pañcān -
  • pañca (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • anūnakānām -
  • anūnaka (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    anūnaka (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    anūnakā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • āvā -
  • au (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    au (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    av (verb class 1)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
    u (verb class 1)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
    u (verb class 2)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
    u (verb class 5)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
  • asu -
  • asu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    asu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    asū (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    asū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    asū (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • so -
  • so (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • bhaveta -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active second plural]
  • prāṇinām -
  • prāṇin (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    prāṇin (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • Line 2: “bahūni niṣkuṭasaṃkaṭāni uccārapūrṇāni jugupsitāni
  • bahūni -
  • bahu (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • cā* -
  • ca (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • niṣkuṭa -
  • niṣkuṭa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    niṣkuṭa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • saṅkaṭāni -
  • saṅkaṭa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • uccāra -
  • uccāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    uccāra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pūrṇāni -
  • pūrṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    pṝ -> pūrṇa (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √pṝ class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √pṝ class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √pṝ class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √pṝ class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √pṝ class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √pṝ class 6 verb], [nominative plural from √pṝ class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √pṝ class 9 verb], [accusative plural from √pṝ class 9 verb]
  • jugupsitāni -
  • jugupsita (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    gup -> jugupsita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √gup], [vocative plural from √gup], [accusative plural from √gup]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 3.41

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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