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).

तहि बोधिसत्त्वान सहस्रकोट्यः सुदान्तचित्तान महर्द्धिकानाम् ।
वैपुल्यसूत्रान्तधराण तायिनां बहू भविष्यन्ति सहस्र नेके ॥ ७ ॥

tahi bodhisattvāna sahasrakoṭyaḥ sudāntacittāna maharddhikānām |
vaipulyasūtrāntadharāṇa tāyināṃ bahū bhaviṣyanti sahasra neke || 7 ||

There will be found hundreds of kotis of Bodhisattvas, subdued of mind and of great; magical power, mighty keepers of Sutrantas of great extension.

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

Bodhisattva, Sahasrakoti, Sudanta, Citta, Maharddhika, Vaipulyasutra, Anta, Dhara, Tayin, Bahu, Bhavishyanti, Bhavishyat, Sahasra, Kah, Kim,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 6.7). 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: “tahi bodhisattvāna sahasrakoṭyaḥ sudāntacittāna maharddhikānām
  • ta -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • bodhisattvān -
  • bodhisattva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sahasrakoṭyaḥ -
  • sahasrakoṭī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    sahasrakoṭī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • sudānta -
  • sudānta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sudānta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • cittān -
  • citta (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • maharddhikānām -
  • maharddhika (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    maharddhika (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    maharddhikā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • Line 2: “vaipulyasūtrāntadharāṇa tāyināṃ bahū bhaviṣyanti sahasra neke
  • vaipulyasūtrā -
  • vaipulyasūtra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • anta -
  • anta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    anta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ant (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • dharā -
  • dhara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dhara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dharā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    dhṛ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • aṇa -
  • aṇ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • tāyinām -
  • tāyin (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • bahū -
  • bahu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • bhaviṣyanti -
  • bhaviṣyantī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    bhaviṣyat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [future active third plural]
  • sahasra -
  • sahasra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sahasra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ne -
  • na (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ni (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • ke -
  • ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    ka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 6.7

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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