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).

कल्याणमित्रांश्च निषेवमाणाः पापांश्च मित्रान् परिवर्जयन्तः ।
यानीदृशान् पश्यसि बुद्धपुत्रांस्तेषामिदं सूत्र प्रकाशयेसि ॥ १४१ ॥

kalyāṇamitrāṃśca niṣevamāṇāḥ pāpāṃśca mitrān parivarjayantaḥ |
yānīdṛśān paśyasi buddhaputrāṃsteṣāmidaṃ sūtra prakāśayesi || 141 ||

If thou see sons of Buddha who attach themselves to virtuous friends and avoid bad friends, then reveal to them 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 (3.141). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kalyanamitra, Nishevamana, Papa, Mitra, Parivan, Yat, Yantri, Yani, Idrisha, Pash, Pashya, Asi, Buddha, Putra, Tad, Idam, Sutra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 3.141). 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: “kalyāṇamitrāṃśca niṣevamāṇāḥ pāpāṃśca mitrān parivarjayantaḥ
  • kalyāṇamitrā -
  • kalyāṇamitra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • āṃś -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • niṣevamāṇāḥ -
  • niṣevamāṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    niṣevamāṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • pāpāṃś -
  • pāpa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mitrān -
  • mitra (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • parivar -
  • parivan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    parivan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ṛja -
  • ṛj (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • yantaḥ -
  • yat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    yantṛ (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    i -> yat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √i class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √i class 2 verb]
  • Line 2: “yānīdṛśān paśyasi buddhaputrāṃsteṣāmidaṃ sūtra prakāśayesi
  • yānī -
  • yānī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperative active first single]
  • īdṛśān -
  • īdṛśa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • paśya -
  • paśya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    paśya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    paś (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    paś -> paśya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √paś class 10 verb]
    paś -> paśya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √paś class 10 verb]
  • asi -
  • asi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    asi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    asī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [present active second single]
  • buddha -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    buddha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • putrāṃs -
  • putra (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • teṣām -
  • tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • idam -
  • idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • sūtra -
  • sūtra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse prakāśayesi

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 3.141

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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