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).

क्रीडन्त एतेन क्षपेन्ति रात्रयो दिवसांश्च पक्षानृतवो ऽथ मासान् ।
संवत्सरानन्तरकल्पमेव च क्षपेन्ति कल्पान सहस्रकोट्यः ॥ ९४ ॥

krīḍanta etena kṣapenti rātrayo divasāṃśca pakṣānṛtavo 'tha māsān |
saṃvatsarānantarakalpameva ca kṣapenti kalpāna sahasrakoṭyaḥ || 94 ||

In playing with it they pass days and nights, fortnights, months, seasons, years, intermediate kalpas, nay, thousands of kotis of kalpas.

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

Kridat, Eta, Etad, Esha, Ratra, Yah, Divasa, Paksha, Ritu, Atha, Masa, Samvatsara, Antarakalpa, Eva, Kalpa, Sahasrakoti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 3.94). 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: “krīḍanta etena kṣapenti rātrayo divasāṃśca pakṣānṛtavo 'tha māsān
  • krīḍanta* -
  • krīḍat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    krīḍ -> krīḍat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √krīḍ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √krīḍ class 1 verb]
  • etena -
  • eta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    eta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    etad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    eṣa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • Cannot analyse kṣapenti*rā
  • rātra -
  • rātra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    rātra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yo* -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • divasāṃś -
  • divasa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pakṣān -
  • pakṣa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ṛtavo' -
  • ṛtu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • atha -
  • atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • māsān -
  • māsa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “saṃvatsarānantarakalpameva ca kṣapenti kalpāna sahasrakoṭyaḥ
  • saṃvatsarān -
  • saṃvatsara (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • antarakalpam -
  • antarakalpa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    antarakalpa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse kṣapenti*ka
  • kalpān -
  • kalpa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sahasrakoṭyaḥ -
  • sahasrakoṭī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    sahasrakoṭī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 3.94

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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