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).

सहस्र नेका नयुतांश्च भूयः कल्पान कोट्यो यथ गङ्गवालिकाः ।
जडात्मभावो विकलश्च भोति क्षिपित्व सूत्रं इमु पापकं फलम् ॥ १३० ॥

sahasra nekā nayutāṃśca bhūyaḥ kalpāna koṭyo yatha gaṅgavālikāḥ |
jaḍātmabhāvo vikalaśca bhoti kṣipitva sūtraṃ imu pāpakaṃ phalam || 130 ||

During many hundred thousand myriads of kotis of Aeons equal to the sand of the Ganges he shall be dull and defective; that is the evil result from scorning this Sutra.

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

Sahasra, Nayuta, Bhuyah, Bhuyas, Kalpa, Koti, Kotya, Yat, Yad, Han, Ganga, Valika, Jadatman, Bhava, Vikala, Bha, Bhu, Kship, Tva, Sutra, Papaka, Phala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 3.130). 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: “sahasra nekā nayutāṃśca bhūyaḥ kalpāna koṭyo yatha gaṅgavālikāḥ
  • sahasra -
  • sahasra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sahasra (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]
  • kā* -
  • kās (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • nayutāṃś -
  • nayuta (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhūyaḥ -
  • bhūyaḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    bhūyas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bhūyas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • kalpān -
  • kalpa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • koṭyo* -
  • koṭī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    koṭya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kuṭ -> koṭya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √kuṭ class 4 verb], [nominative single from √kuṭ class 6 verb]
  • yat -
  • yat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ha -
  • ha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    han (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • gaṅga -
  • gaṅga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vālikāḥ -
  • vālika (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vālikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “jaḍātmabhāvo vikalaśca bhoti kṣipitva sūtraṃ imu pāpakaṃ phalam
  • jaḍātma -
  • jaḍātman (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    jaḍātman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • bhāvo* -
  • bhāva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    bhā (verb class 2)
    [present active first dual]
  • vikalaś -
  • vikala (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (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]
  • ūti -
  • ūti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ūti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • kṣipi -
  • kṣip (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • tva -
  • tva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sūtram -
  • sūtra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse imu*pā
  • pāpakam -
  • pāpaka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pāpaka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • phalam -
  • phala (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    phala (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    phalā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 3.130

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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