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).

एतादृशान् सो पुरुषो ददाति पुत्राण सर्वाण वरान् विशिष्टान् ।
ते चापि तुष्टात्तमनाश्च तेहि दिशाश्च विदिशाश्च व्रजन्ति क्रीडकाः ॥ ८४ ॥

etādṛśān so puruṣo dadāti putrāṇa sarvāṇa varān viśiṣṭān |
te cāpi tuṣṭāttamanāśca tehi diśāśca vidiśāśca vrajanti krīḍakāḥ || 84 ||

Such excellent carts that man gives to all his sons, who, overjoyed and charmed, go and play with them in all directions.

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

Etadrisha, Purusha, Putra, Saru, Sarva, Vara, Vishishta, Tad, Yushmad, Capin, Capi, Tushta, Tamana, Tan, Disha, Dishas, Vidisha, Vrajat, Vrajanti, Kridaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 3.84). 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: “etādṛśān so puruṣo dadāti putrāṇa sarvāṇa varān viśiṣṭān
  • etādṛśān -
  • etādṛśa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • so -
  • so (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
  • puruṣo* -
  • puruṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dadāti -
  • dadāti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (verb class 3)
    [present active third single]
  • putrā -
  • putra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    putra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    putrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aṇa -
  • aṇ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • sarvā -
  • saru (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    saru (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    saru (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarva (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • āṇa -
  • aṇ (verb class 1)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
    aṇ (verb class 4)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
  • varān -
  • vara (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • viśiṣṭān -
  • viśiṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “te cāpi tuṣṭāttamanāśca tehi diśāśca vidiśāśca vrajanti krīḍakāḥ
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • cāpi -
  • cāpin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    cāpī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    cāpī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    cāpi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tuṣṭāt -
  • tuṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    tuṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    tuṣ -> tuṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [ablative single from √tuṣ class 4 verb]
    tuṣ -> tuṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √tuṣ class 4 verb]
    tus -> tuṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [ablative single from √tus class 1 verb]
    tus -> tuṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √tus class 1 verb]
    tuś -> tuṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [ablative single from √tuś class 1 verb]
    tuś -> tuṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √tuś class 1 verb]
  • tamanā -
  • tamana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • ihi -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second single]
  • diśāś -
  • diśā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    diśas (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    diśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vidiśāś -
  • vidiśā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    vidiśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vrajanti -
  • vraj -> vrajat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √vraj class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vraj class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √vraj class 1 verb]
    vraj -> vrajantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √vraj class 1 verb]
    vraj (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • krīḍakāḥ -
  • krīḍaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 3.84

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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