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).

प्रकाशयति मध्यां तु मध्यप्रज्ञाय नायकः ।
संसारभीरवे बोधिमन्यां संवर्णयत्यपि ॥ ६२ ॥

prakāśayati madhyāṃ tu madhyaprajñāya nāyakaḥ |
saṃsārabhīrave bodhimanyāṃ saṃvarṇayatyapi || 62 ||

To those of middling wisdom the Leader preaches a middling enlightenment; again another enlightenment he recommends to him who is afraid of the mundane whirl.

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

Prakasha, Yat, Yati, Madhya, Prajna, Nayaka, Samsara, Bhiru, Bhirava, Bodhi, Ani, Anya, Varnayati, Varnayat, Api,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 5.62). 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: “prakāśayati madhyāṃ tu madhyaprajñāya nāyakaḥ
  • prakāśa -
  • prakāśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prakāśa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yati -
  • yati (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    yatin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    yati (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    yatī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    i -> yat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> yatī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
  • madhyām -
  • madhyā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • madhya -
  • madhya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    madhya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prajñāya -
  • prajña (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    prajña (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • nāyakaḥ -
  • nāyaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “saṃsārabhīrave bodhimanyāṃ saṃvarṇayatyapi
  • saṃsāra -
  • saṃsāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhīrave -
  • bhīru (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    bhīrava (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhīrava (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • bodhim -
  • bodhi (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • anyām -
  • anī (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    anyā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    an (verb class 2)
    [optative active first single]
  • saṃ -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sam (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • varṇayatya -
  • varṇayati (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    varṇ -> varṇayat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √varṇ class 10 verb]
    varṇ -> varṇayat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √varṇ class 10 verb], [vocative dual from √varṇ class 10 verb], [accusative dual from √varṇ class 10 verb], [locative single from √varṇ class 10 verb]
    varṇayat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    varṇayat (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    varṇayat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    varṇ (verb class 10)
    [present active third single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 5.62

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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