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).

गिलानभैषज्य बहुप्रकारं पूजार्थ दद्यात् सुगतस्य नित्यम् ।
ददेय कल्पान् यथ गङ्गवालिका नैवं कदाचित् प्रतिकर्तु शक्यम् ॥ ५८ ॥

gilānabhaiṣajya bahuprakāraṃ pūjārtha dadyāt sugatasya nityam |
dadeya kalpān yatha gaṅgavālikā naivaṃ kadācit pratikartu śakyam || 58 ||

One may be assiduous in giving medicines of various kinds to the sick, in honour of the Sugata; one may spend alms during as many Aeons as there are grains of sand in the Ganges-even then one will not be able to offer resistance.

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

Gilana, Bhaishajya, Bahuprakara, Puja, Artha, Sugata, Nityam, Nitya, Kalpa, Yat, Yad, Han, Ganga, Valika, Nri, Evam, Eva, Kadacit, Pratika, Shakya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 4.58). 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: “gilānabhaiṣajya bahuprakāraṃ pūjārtha dadyāt sugatasya nityam
  • gilāna -
  • gilāna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    gilāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhaiṣajya -
  • bhaiṣajya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhaiṣajya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bahuprakāram -
  • bahuprakāra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bahuprakāra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    bahuprakārā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • pūjā -
  • pūja (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pūja (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pūjā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    pūj (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • artha -
  • artha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    artha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    arth (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • dadyāt -
  • (verb class 3)
    [optative active third single]
  • sugatasya -
  • sugata (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    sugata (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • nityam -
  • nityam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nitya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nitya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nityā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “dadeya kalpān yatha gaṅgavālikā naivaṃ kadācit pratikartu śakyam
  • dadeya -
  • (verb class 1)
    [optative middle first single]
    dad (verb class 1)
    [optative middle first single]
  • kalpān -
  • kalpa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • yat -
  • yat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ha -
  • ha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    han (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • gaṅga -
  • gaṅga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vālikā* -
  • vālika (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vālikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • nai -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    nṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative 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]
  • kadācit -
  • kadācit (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
  • pratikar -
  • pratika (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pratika (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ṛtu -
  • ṛtu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • śakyam -
  • śakya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śakya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śakyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    śak -> śakya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √śak class 5 verb]
    śak -> śakya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √śak class 5 verb], [accusative single from √śak class 5 verb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 4.58

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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