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).

सुदुष्करा अन्तरकल्पिमान् दश कृतानि एकासनि संनिषद्य ।
न च ते ऽन्तरा कायु कदाचि चालितो न हस्तपादं न पि चान्यदङ्गम् ॥ ९ ॥

suduṣkarā antarakalpimān daśa kṛtāni ekāsani saṃniṣadya |
na ca te 'ntarā kāyu kadāci cālito na hastapādaṃ na pi cānyadaṅgam || 9 ||

Most difficult things hast thou achieved during the ten intermediate kalpas now past; thou hast been sitting all that time without once moving thy body, hand, foot, or any other part.

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

Sudushkara, Antara, Kalpin, Asmad, Dasha, Dashan, Krita, Eka, Asan, Asani, Nishadya, Tad, Yushmad, Ayu, Calita, Hastapada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 7.9). 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: “suduṣkarā antarakalpimān daśa kṛtāni ekāsani saṃniṣadya
  • suduṣkarā* -
  • suduṣkara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    suduṣkarā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • antara -
  • antara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    antara (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • kalpi -
  • kalpin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    kalpin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • mān -
  • ma (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative single]
  • daśa -
  • daśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    daśa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    daśan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    daśan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    daṃś (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • kṛtāni -
  • kṛta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    kṛ -> kṛta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb]
  • ekā -
  • eka (noun, neuter)
    [compound]
    ekā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • asani -
  • asani (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    asani (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    asani (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    asanī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    asanī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    asanī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    asan (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • saṃ -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • niṣadya -
  • niṣadya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    niṣadya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “na ca te 'ntarā kāyu kadāci cālito na hastapādaṃ na pi cānyadaṅgam
  • 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]
  • te' -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • antarā -
  • antarā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    antarā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    ka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • āyu -
  • āyu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    āyu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    āyu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse kadāci*cā
  • cālito* -
  • cal -> cālita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √cal]
    cālita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hastapādam -
  • hastapāda (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse pi*cā
  • cānya -
  • cam -> cānya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √cam]
    cam -> cānya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √cam]
  • daṅ -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
  • gam -
  • ga (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ga (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 7.9

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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