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).

स तानवोचछृणुथा कुमारका नानाविधा यानक या ममास्ति ।
मृगैरजैर्गोणवरैश्च युक्ता उच्चा महन्ता समलंकृता च ॥ ७१ ॥

sa tānavocachṛṇuthā kumārakā nānāvidhā yānaka yā mamāsti |
mṛgairajairgoṇavaraiśca yuktā uccā mahantā samalaṃkṛtā ca || 71 ||

He then says to them: Listen, my sons, I have carts of different sorts, yoked with deer, goats, and excellent bullocks, lofty, great, and completely furnished.

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

Kumaraka, Nanavidha, Yanaka, Asmad, Mama, Asti, Mriga, Aja, Gona, Vara, Yukta, Ucca, Samalankrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 3.71). 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: “sa tānavocachṛṇuthā kumārakā nānāvidhā yānaka mamāsti
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse tānavocachṛṇuthā*ku
  • kumārakā* -
  • kumāraka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • nānāvidhā* -
  • nānāvidha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    nānāvidhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • yānaka -
  • yānaka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yā* -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • mamā -
  • asmad (pronoun, none)
    [genitive single]
    mamā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 3)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 4)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • asti -
  • asti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    astī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    astī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    astī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [present active third single]
  • Line 2: “mṛgairajairgoṇavaraiśca yuktā uccā mahantā samalaṃkṛtā ca
  • mṛgair -
  • mṛga (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • ajair -
  • aja (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    aja (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • goṇa -
  • goṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • varaiś -
  • vara (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    vara (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yuktā* -
  • yukta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    yuktā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    yuj -> yukta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √yuj class 7 verb], [vocative plural from √yuj class 7 verb]
    yuj -> yuktā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √yuj class 7 verb], [vocative plural from √yuj class 7 verb], [accusative plural from √yuj class 7 verb]
  • uccā* -
  • ucca (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    uccā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • mahantā -
  • samalaṅkṛtā -
  • samalaṅkṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • 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 3.71

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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