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).

यथापि बालः पुरुषो भवेत उत्प्लावितो बालजनेन सन्तः ।
पितुः सकाशातु अपक्रमेत अन्यं च देशं व्रजि सो सुदूरम् ॥ ३ ॥

yathāpi bālaḥ puruṣo bhaveta utplāvito bālajanena santaḥ |
pituḥ sakāśātu apakrameta anyaṃ ca deśaṃ vraji so sudūram || 3 ||

It is like (the history of) a young, person who, seduced by foolish people, went away from his father and wandered to another country far distant.

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

Yatha, Api, Bala, Purusha, Jana, Sat, Santa, Pitri, Pitu, Sakasha, Apakrama, Ita, Anya, Desha, Vrajin, Sudura,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 4.3). 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: “yathāpi bālaḥ puruṣo bhaveta utplāvito bālajanena santaḥ
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • bālaḥ -
  • bāla (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • puruṣo* -
  • puruṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhaveta -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active second plural]
  • Cannot analyse utplāvito*bā
  • bāla -
  • bāla (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bāla (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • janena -
  • jana (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    jana (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • santaḥ -
  • sat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    santa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    sam -> santa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √sam class 1 verb]
  • Line 2: “pituḥ sakāśātu apakrameta anyaṃ ca deśaṃ vraji so sudūram
  • pituḥ -
  • pitṛ (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    pitu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sakāśā -
  • sakāśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sakāśa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sakāśā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ātu -
  • ātu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • apakrame -
  • apakrama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    apakrama (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    apakramā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ita -
  • ita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    i -> ita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> ita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second plural]
  • anyam -
  • anya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • deśam -
  • deśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    deśā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • vraji -
  • vrajin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vrajin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • so -
  • so (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
  • sudūram -
  • sudūra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sudūra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sudūrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 4.3

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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