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).

च्युत्वा मनुष्येषु अवीचि तेषां प्रतिष्ठ भोती परिपूर्णकल्पात् ।
ततश्च भूयो ऽन्तरकल्प नेकांश्च्युताश्च्युतास्तत्र पतन्ति बालाः ॥ ११४ ॥

cyutvā manuṣyeṣu avīci teṣāṃ pratiṣṭha bhotī paripūrṇakalpāt |
tataśca bhūyo 'ntarakalpa nekāṃścyutāścyutāstatra patanti bālāḥ || 114 ||

After having disappeared from amongst men, they shall dwell in the lowest hell (Aviki) during a whole kalpa, and thereafter they shall fall lower and lower, the fools, passing through repeated births for many intermediate 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 (3.114). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Manushya, Avici, Tad, Pratishtha, Bha, Bhu, Uti, Paripurna, Kalpa, Tatah, Tata, Bhuyah, Bhuyas, Antarakalpa, Kah, Cyuta, Tatra, Patanti, Patat, Bala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 3.114). 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: “cyutvā manuṣyeṣu avīci teṣāṃ pratiṣṭha bhotī paripūrṇakalpāt
  • cyutvā -
  • cyu -> cyutvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √cyu]
  • manuṣyeṣu -
  • manuṣyeṣu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    manuṣya (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    manuṣya (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • avīci -
  • avīci (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    avīci (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    avīci (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    avīcī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    avīcī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    avīcī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • teṣām -
  • tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • pratiṣṭha -
  • pratiṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pratiṣṭha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bho -
  • bha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    bhā (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    bhu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    bhu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • ūtī -
  • ūti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ūti (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • paripūrṇa -
  • paripūrṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    paripūrṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kalpāt -
  • kalpa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    kalpa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • Line 2: “tataśca bhūyo 'ntarakalpa nekāṃścyutāścyutāstatra patanti bālāḥ
  • tataś -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhūyo' -
  • bhūyaḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    bhūyas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bhūyas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • antarakalpa -
  • antarakalpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    antarakalpa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ne -
  • na (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ni (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • kāṃś -
  • ka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • cyutāś -
  • cyuta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    cyutā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • cyutās -
  • cyuta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    cyutā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • patanti -
  • patantī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    patat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    pat -> patat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √pat class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √pat class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √pat class 1 verb]
    pat -> patantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √pat class 1 verb]
    pat (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • bālāḥ -
  • bāla (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    bālā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 3.114

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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