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).

पुष्पप्रकारैः समलंकृतं च विचित्रपुष्पैरुपशोभितं च ।
श्वभ्रप्रपाता न च तत्र सन्ति समं शिवं भेष्यति दर्शनीयम् ॥ ६ ॥

puṣpaprakāraiḥ samalaṃkṛtaṃ ca vicitrapuṣpairupaśobhitaṃ ca |
śvabhraprapātā na ca tatra santi samaṃ śivaṃ bheṣyati darśanīyam || 6 ||

It will be adorned with plenty of flowers, and embellished with variegated blossoms; in it are no pits nor precipices; it is even, goodly, beautiful.

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

Pushpa, Prakara, Samalankrita, Vicitrapushpa, Upashobhita, Shvabhra, Prapata, Tatra, Sat, Santi, Samam, Sama, Shivam, Shiva, Darshaniya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 6.6). 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: “puṣpaprakāraiḥ samalaṃkṛtaṃ ca vicitrapuṣpairupaśobhitaṃ ca
  • puṣpa -
  • puṣpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    puṣpa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prakāraiḥ -
  • prakāra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • samalaṅkṛtam -
  • samalaṅkṛta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    samalaṅkṛta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    samalaṅkṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vicitrapuṣpair -
  • vicitrapuṣpa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    vicitrapuṣpa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • upaśobhitam -
  • upaśobhita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    upaśobhita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    upaśobhitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “śvabhraprapātā na ca tatra santi samaṃ śivaṃ bheṣyati darśanīyam
  • śvabhra -
  • śvabhra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śvabhra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prapātā* -
  • prapāta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • santi -
  • santi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    santi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    santi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    sat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    as (verb class 2)
    [present active third plural]
  • samam -
  • samam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    samā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • śivam -
  • śivam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    śiva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śiva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śivā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • bheṣyati -
  • bhī (verb class 1)
    [future active third single]
    bhī (verb class 3)
    [future active third single]
  • darśanīyam -
  • darśanīya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    darśanīya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    darśanīyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    dṛś -> darśanīya (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √dṛś]
    dṛś -> darśanīya (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √dṛś]
    dṛś -> darśanīyā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √dṛś]
    dṛś -> darśanīya (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √dṛś]
    dṛś -> darśanīya (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √dṛś]
    dṛś -> darśanīyā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √dṛś]
    dṛś -> darśanīya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √dṛś class 1 verb], [accusative single from √dṛś]
    dṛś -> darśanīya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √dṛś class 1 verb], [accusative single from √dṛś class 1 verb], [nominative single from √dṛś], [accusative single from √dṛś]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 6.6

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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