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).

राजान सो नैगमनागरांश्च समानयित्वा बहुवाणिजांश्च ।
उवाच एवं परिषाय मध्ये पुत्रो ममायं चिर विप्रनष्टकः ॥ ३२ ॥

rājāna so naigamanāgarāṃśca samānayitvā bahuvāṇijāṃśca |
uvāca evaṃ pariṣāya madhye putro mamāyaṃ cira vipranaṣṭakaḥ || 32 ||

In the midst of the assembly where the king, burghers, citizens, and many merchantmen were present, he speaks thus: This is my son whom I lost a long time ago.

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

Rajana, Sah, Naigama, Nagara, Sama, Ayi, Ayin, Tva, Bahu, Vanija, Evam, Eva, Parisha, Aya, Madhye, Madhya, Putra, Asmad, Mama, Idam, Cira, Vipranashta, Kah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 4.32). 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: “rājāna so naigamanāgarāṃśca samānayitvā bahuvāṇijāṃśca
  • rājāna -
  • rājāna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    rājāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • so* -
  • saḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • naigama -
  • naigama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    naigama (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nāgarāṃś -
  • nāgara (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • samān -
  • sama (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ayi -
  • ayi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ayin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ayin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • tvā* -
  • tvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bahu -
  • bahu (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    bahu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    bahu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bahu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • vāṇijāṃś -
  • vāṇija (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “uvāca evaṃ pariṣāya madhye putro mamāyaṃ cira vipranaṣṭakaḥ
  • uvāca -
  • vac (verb class 2)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
    vac (verb class 3)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
  • evam -
  • evam (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    evam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • pariṣā -
  • pariṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aya -
  • aya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • madhye -
  • madhye (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    madhya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    madhya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    madhyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • putro* -
  • putra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • mamā -
  • asmad (pronoun, none)
    [genitive single]
    mamā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 3)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 4)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • ayam -
  • aya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • cira -
  • cira (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    cira (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vipranaṣṭa -
  • vipranaṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vipranaṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kaḥ -
  • kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 4.32

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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