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).

स सत्कृतो लोकि सदेवकस्मिन् प्रभाकरो बुद्ध विभुर्भविष्यति ।
जाम्बूनदाभासु स चापि नाम्ना संतारको देवमनुष्यकोटिनाम् ॥ २८ ॥

sa satkṛto loki sadevakasmin prabhākaro buddha vibhurbhaviṣyati |
jāmbūnadābhāsu sa cāpi nāmnā saṃtārako devamanuṣyakoṭinām || 28 ||

He shall be a mighty Buddha and illuminator, highly honoured in this world, including the gods, under the name of Gambunada-prabhasa, and save kotis of gods and men.

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

Satkrita, Lokin, Sadeva, Kah, Kim, Prabhakara, Buddha, Vibhu, Bhavishyat, Jambunada, Abha, Capin, Capi, Namna, Naman, Santaraka, Devamanushya, Koti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 6.28). 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: “sa satkṛto loki sadevakasmin prabhākaro buddha vibhurbhaviṣyati
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • satkṛto* -
  • satkṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • loki -
  • lokin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    lokin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • sadeva -
  • sadeva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sadeva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sad (verb class 6)
    [optative active first dual]
  • kasmin -
  • ka (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • prabhākaro* -
  • prabhākara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • buddha -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    buddha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vibhur -
  • vibhu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    vibhu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhaviṣyati -
  • bhaviṣyat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhaviṣyat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [future active third single]
  • Line 2: “jāmbūnadābhāsu sa cāpi nāmnā saṃtārako devamanuṣyakoṭinām
  • jāmbūnadā -
  • jāmbūnada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jāmbūnada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jāmbūnadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ābhāsu -
  • ābhā (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • cāpi -
  • cāpin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    cāpī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    cāpī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    cāpi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • nāmnā -
  • nāmnā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nāman (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • santārako* -
  • santāraka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • devamanuṣya -
  • devamanuṣya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • koṭi -
  • koṭi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    koṭī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • nām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 6.28

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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