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).

पुनश्च ते क्रोष्टुक भोन्ति तत्र बीभत्सकाः काणक कुण्ठकाश्च ।
उत्पीडिता ग्रामकुमारकेहि लोष्टप्रहाराभिहताश्च बालाः ॥ ११९ ॥

punaśca te kroṣṭuka bhonti tatra bībhatsakāḥ kāṇaka kuṇṭhakāśca |
utpīḍitā grāmakumārakehi loṣṭaprahārābhihatāśca bālāḥ || 119 ||

At other times they become ugly jackals, half blind and crippled; the helpless creatures are vexed by the village boys, who throw clods and weapons at them.

English translation by H. Kern (2013) Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (3.119). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Puna, Tad, Yushmad, Kroshtuka, Tatra, Bibhatsaka, Kanaka, Kunthaka, Utpidita, Gramakumara, Kah, Kim, Loshta, Prahara, Abhihata, 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 3.119). 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: “punaśca te kroṣṭuka bhonti tatra bībhatsakāḥ kāṇaka kuṇṭhakāśca
  • punaś -
  • pu (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    puna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • 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]
  • kroṣṭuka -
  • kroṣṭuka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse bhonti*ta
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • bībhatsakāḥ -
  • bībhatsaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • kāṇaka -
  • kāṇaka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kāṇaka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kuṇṭhakāś -
  • kuṇṭhaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kuṇṭhakā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “utpīḍitā grāmakumārakehi loṣṭaprahārābhihatāśca bālāḥ
  • utpīḍitā* -
  • utpīḍita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    utpīḍitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • grāmakumāra -
  • grāmakumāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ke -
  • (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    ka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ihi -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second single]
  • loṣṭa -
  • loṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    loṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    loṣṭan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    loṣṭ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • prahārā -
  • prahāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prahārā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • abhihatāś -
  • abhihata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    abhihatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • 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 3.119

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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