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).

बुद्धांश्च पश्यित्व महानुभावान् त्रिंशच्च पूर्णानयुतान कोटीः ।
चरिष्यते चर्य तदानुलोमिकीमिमस्य ज्ञानस्य कृतेन चैषः ॥ १८ ॥

buddhāṃśca paśyitva mahānubhāvān triṃśacca pūrṇānayutāna koṭīḥ |
cariṣyate carya tadānulomikīmimasya jñānasya kṛtena caiṣaḥ || 18 ||

After having seen of most mighty Buddhas thirty myriads of kotis in full, he shall enter upon the straight course to obtain this knowledge.

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

Buddha, Mahanubhava, Trimshat, Purna, Ayuta, Koti, Carya, Tada, Anulomiki, Idam, Jnana, Kritena, Krita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 6.18). 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: “buddhāṃśca paśyitva mahānubhāvān triṃśacca pūrṇānayutāna koṭīḥ
  • buddhāṃś -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse paśyitva*ma
  • mahānubhāvān -
  • mahānubhāva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • triṃśac -
  • triṃśat (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pūrṇān -
  • pūrṇa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    pṝ -> pūrṇa (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √pṝ class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √pṝ class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √pṝ class 9 verb]
  • ayutān -
  • ayuta (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • koṭīḥ -
  • koṭi (noun, feminine)
    [accusative plural]
    koṭī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “cariṣyate carya tadānulomikīmimasya jñānasya kṛtena caiṣaḥ
  • cariṣya -
  • car (verb class 1)
    [injunctive middle first single]
  • ate -
  • carya -
  • carya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    carya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    car -> carya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √car]
  • tadā -
  • tadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tadā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • anulomikīm -
  • anulomikī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • im -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • asya -
  • as -> asya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √as]
    a (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    as (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • jñānasya -
  • jñāna (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • kṛtena -
  • kṛtena (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kṛta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    kṛta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [instrumental single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [instrumental single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [instrumental single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
    kṛ -> kṛta (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [instrumental single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [instrumental single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [instrumental single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiṣaḥ -
  • eṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active second single]
    iṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active second single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 6.18

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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