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).

समन्तचक्षु लोकेन्द्रा व्यवलोकेन्ति दिशो दश ।
विवरित्वामृतद्वारमोतारेन्ति बहून् जनान् ॥ ४८ ॥

samantacakṣu lokendrā vyavalokenti diśo daśa |
vivaritvāmṛtadvāramotārenti bahūn janān || 48 ||

The all-seeing Masters of the world send their looks in all directions of the horizon, and by opening the gate of immortality they make people reach the (safe) shore.

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

Samanta, Cakshu, Dishas, Dish, Disha, Dasha, Dashan, Bahu, Jana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 7.48). 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: “samantacakṣu lokendrā vyavalokenti diśo daśa
  • samanta -
  • samanta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samanta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • cakṣu -
  • cakṣu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cakṣū (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    cakṣū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    cakṣū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • lokendrā* -
  • Cannot analyse vyavalokenti*di
  • diśo* -
  • diśas (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    diś (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    diśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative 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]
  • Line 2: “vivaritvāmṛtadvāramotārenti bahūn janān
  • Cannot analyse vivaritvāmṛtadvāramotārenti*ba
  • bahūn -
  • bahu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • janān -
  • jana (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 7.48

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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