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).

काण्डेन नालेन त्वचा यथैव शाखाप्रशाखाय तथैव पत्रैः ।
वर्धन्ति पुष्पेहि फलेहि चैव मेघाभिवृष्टेन महौषधीयः ॥ १४ ॥

kāṇḍena nālena tvacā yathaiva śākhāpraśākhāya tathaiva patraiḥ |
vardhanti puṣpehi phalehi caiva meghābhivṛṣṭena mahauṣadhīyaḥ || 14 ||

The great plants whose trunk, stalk, bark, twigs, pith, and leaves are moistened by the water from the cloud develop their blossoms and fruits.

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

Kanda, Nala, Tvaca, Yatha, Shakha, Prashakha, Tatha, Patra, Pushpa, Phala, Phali, Megha, Abhivrishta, Mahaushadhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 5.14). 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: “kāṇḍena nālena tvacā yathaiva śākhāpraśākhāya tathaiva patraiḥ
  • kāṇḍena -
  • kāṇḍa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    kāṇḍa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • nālena -
  • nāla (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    nāla (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • tvacā* -
  • tvacā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • yathai -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • śākhā -
  • śākhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • praśākhāya -
  • praśākha (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    praśākha (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • tathai -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tatha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • patraiḥ -
  • patra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    patra (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Line 2: “vardhanti puṣpehi phalehi caiva meghābhivṛṣṭena mahauṣadhīyaḥ
  • var -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ṛdhanti -
  • ṛdh (verb class 6)
    [present active third plural]
  • puṣpe -
  • puṣpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    puṣpa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    puṣpā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ihi -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second single]
  • phale -
  • phala (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    phala (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    phalā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    phali (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    phal (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ihi -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second single]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • meghā -
  • megha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    megha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    meghā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • abhivṛṣṭena -
  • abhivṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    abhivṛṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • mahauṣadhī -
  • mahauṣadhi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    mahauṣadhī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • iyaḥ -
  • ī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    ī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 5.14

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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