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).

पर्येषमाणो ऽपि कदाचि किंचिल्लभेत किंचित् पुन नैव किंचित् ।
स शुष्यते परशरणेषु बालो दद्रूय कण्डूय च दिग्धगात्रः ॥ १२ ॥

paryeṣamāṇo 'pi kadāci kiṃcillabheta kiṃcit puna naiva kiṃcit |
sa śuṣyate paraśaraṇeṣu bālo dadrūya kaṇḍūya ca digdhagātraḥ || 12 ||

When begging, he at one time gets something, another time he does not. He grows lean in his travels, the unwise boy, while his body is vitiated with scabs and itch.

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

Pari, Ishamana, Api, Kincid, Kincit, Puna, Naiva, Shushyat, Parasha, Rana, Bala, Dadru, Kandu, Digdha, Gatra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 4.12). 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: “paryeṣamāṇo 'pi kadāci kiṃcillabheta kiṃcit puna naiva kiṃcit
  • parye -
  • pari (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    parī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single], [dative single]
    parī (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • īṣamāṇo' -
  • īṣ -> īṣamāṇa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √īṣ class 1 verb]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • Cannot analyse kadāci*ki
  • kiñcil -
  • kiñcid (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    kiñcit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    kiñcit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    kiñcit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • labheta -
  • labh (verb class 1)
    [optative active second plural], [optative middle third single]
  • kiñcit -
  • kiñcid (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    kiñcit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    kiñcit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    kiñcit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • puna -
  • puna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    puna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • naiva -
  • naiva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • kiñcit -
  • kiñcid (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    kiñcit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    kiñcit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    kiñcit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “sa śuṣyate paraśaraṇeṣu bālo dadrūya kaṇḍūya ca digdhagātraḥ
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śuṣyate -
  • śuṣ -> śuṣyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √śuṣ class 4 verb]
    śuṣ -> śuṣyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √śuṣ class 4 verb]
    śuṣ (verb class 4)
    [present passive third single]
    śuṣ (verb class 6)
    [present passive third single]
  • paraśa -
  • paraśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • raṇeṣu -
  • raṇa (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    raṇa (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • bālo* -
  • bāla (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dadrū -
  • dadru (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    dadru (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    dadrū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
  • uya -
  • -> uya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √]
  • kaṇḍū -
  • kaṇḍu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kaṇḍu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kaṇḍū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
  • uya -
  • -> uya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • digdha -
  • digdha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    digdha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dih (verb class 2)
    [present active second plural], [imperative active second plural]
  • gātraḥ -
  • gātra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 4.12

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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