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).

सो चा धनी तं स्वकु पुत्र दृष्ट्वा सिंहासनस्थश्च भवेत् प्रहृष्टः ।
स दूतकान् प्रेषयि तस्य अन्तिके आनेथ एतं पुरुषं दरिद्रम् ॥ १८ ॥

so cā dhanī taṃ svaku putra dṛṣṭvā siṃhāsanasthaśca bhavet prahṛṣṭaḥ |
sa dūtakān preṣayi tasya antike ānetha etaṃ puruṣaṃ daridram || 18 ||

The rich man on the throne is glad to see his own son, and despatches messengers with the order to fetch that poor man.

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

Dhanin, Dhani, Sva, Svan, Putra, Simhasanastha, Prahrishta, Dutaka, Tad, Tas, Antike, Antika, Ana, Eta, Esha, Purusha, Daridra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 4.18). 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: “so dhanī taṃ svaku putra dṛṣṭvā siṃhāsanasthaśca bhavet prahṛṣṭaḥ
  • so -
  • so (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
  • cā* -
  • ca (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • dhanī -
  • dhanī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    dhanī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    dhanin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tam -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • sva -
  • sva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    svan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    svan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sva (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • ku -
  • ku (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    ku (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • putra -
  • putra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    putra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dṛṣṭvā -
  • dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dṛś]
  • siṃhāsanasthaś -
  • siṃhāsanastha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • prahṛṣṭaḥ -
  • prahṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “sa dūtakān preṣayi tasya antike ānetha etaṃ puruṣaṃ daridram
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dūtakān -
  • dūtaka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • Cannot analyse preṣayi*ta
  • tasya -
  • tas -> tasya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √tas]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    tas (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    tas (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    tas (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • antike -
  • antike (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    antika (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    antika (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    antikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • āne -
  • āna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    an (verb class 2)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
  • itha* -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [present active second dual]
  • etam -
  • eta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    eta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    etā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    eṣa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • puruṣam -
  • puruṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    puruṣa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    puruṣā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • daridram -
  • daridra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    daridra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    daridrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 4.18

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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