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).

अविवर्तिचक्रं हि प्रवर्तयन्ता ऋद्धीबलस्मिन् स्थित ये च धीराः ।
प्रमोचयन्तो बहु प्राणिकोटी महाद्रुमो सो च प्रवुच्चते हि ॥ ३३ ॥

avivarticakraṃ hi pravartayantā ṛddhībalasmin sthita ye ca dhīrāḥ |
pramocayanto bahu prāṇikoṭī mahādrumo so ca pravuccate hi || 33 ||

Those who move forward the wheel that never rolls back, and with manly strength stand firm in the exercise of miraculous power, releasing many kolis of beings, those are called great trees.

English translation by H. Kern (2013) Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (5.33). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Avi, Varti, Vartin, Cakra, Pravarta, Yantri, Sthita, Yah, Yat, Dhira, Prama, Bahu, Pranika, Ush,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 5.33). 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: “avivarticakraṃ hi pravartayantā ṛddhībalasmin sthita ye ca dhīrāḥ
  • avi -
  • avi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    avi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    avi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    avī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • varti -
  • varti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vartī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    vartin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vartin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • cakram -
  • cakra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    cakra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    cakrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • pravarta -
  • pravarta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yantā -
  • yantṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yam (verb class 1)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
  • Cannot analyse ṛddhībalasmin*st
  • sthita -
  • sthita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sthita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
    sthā -> sthita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dhīrāḥ -
  • dhīra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    dhīrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “pramocayanto bahu prāṇikoṭī mahādrumo so ca pravuccate hi
  • pramo -
  • pramā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ūca -
  • uc (verb class 4)
    [perfect active second plural]
    vac (verb class 2)
    [perfect active second plural]
    vac (verb class 3)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • yanto* -
  • yat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    yantṛ (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    i -> yat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √i class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √i class 2 verb]
  • 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]
  • prāṇiko -
  • prāṇika (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prāṇika (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prāṇikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • uṭ -
  • uṣ (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • ī -
  • ī (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
    ī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    i (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • mahādrumo -
  • so -
  • so (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse pravuccate*hi
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 5.33

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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