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).

दुर्भिक्षादागतः कश्चिन्नरो लब्ध्वा सुभोजनम् ।
प्रतीक्ष भूय उच्येत हस्तप्राप्तस्मि भोजने ॥ १२ ॥

durbhikṣādāgataḥ kaścinnaro labdhvā subhojanam |
pratīkṣa bhūya ucyeta hastaprāptasmi bhojane || 12 ||

(It is as if) a certain man, in time of famine, comes and gets good food, but to whom, when the food is already in his hands, they say that he should wait.

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

Durbhiksha, Agata, Kah, Cinna, Subhojana, Pratiksha, Bhuyah, Bhuyas, Bhojana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 6.12). 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: “durbhikṣādāgataḥ kaścinnaro labdhvā subhojanam
  • durbhikṣād -
  • durbhikṣa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • āgataḥ -
  • āgata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kaś -
  • kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • cinna -
  • cinna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ro* -
  • ra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • labdhvā -
  • labh -> labdhvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √labh]
  • subhojanam -
  • subhojana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “pratīkṣa bhūya ucyeta hastaprāptasmi bhojane
  • pratīkṣa -
  • pratīkṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pratīkṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhūya* -
  • bhūyaḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    bhūyas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bhūyas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ucyeta -
  • uc (verb class 4)
    [optative active second plural]
    vac (verb class 2)
    [optative passive third single]
    vac (verb class 3)
    [optative passive third single]
  • Cannot analyse hastaprāptasmi*bh
  • bhojane -
  • bhojana (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhojana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 6.12

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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