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).

अभिज्ञज्ञानाभिभु लोकनायको यद्बोधिमण्डस्मि निषण्ण आसीत् ।
दशेह सो अन्तरकल्प पूर्णान् न लप्सि बोधिं परमार्थदर्शी ॥ ६० ॥

abhijñajñānābhibhu lokanāyako yadbodhimaṇḍasmi niṣaṇṇa āsīt |
daśeha so antarakalpa pūrṇān na lapsi bodhiṃ paramārthadarśī || 60 ||

The Leader of the world, Abhijnajnanabhibhu, having occupied the terrace of enlightenment, continued ten complete intermediate kalpas without gaining enlightenment, though he saw the things in their very essence.

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

Abhijna, Jnana, Abhibhu, Nishanna, Dasha, Dashan, Iha, Antarakalpa, Purna, Bodhi, Paramartha, Darshin, Darshi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 7.60). 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: “abhijñajñānābhibhu lokanāyako yadbodhimaṇḍasmi niṣaṇṇa āsīt
  • abhijña -
  • abhijña (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    abhijña (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jñānā -
  • jñāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jñānā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • abhibhu -
  • abhibhu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    abhibhū (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    abhibhū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    abhibhū (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • lokanāyako* -
  • Cannot analyse yadbodhimaṇḍasmi*ni
  • niṣaṇṇa* -
  • niṣaṇṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • āsīt -
  • ās (verb class 2)
    [aorist active third single], [injunctive active third single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • Line 2: “daśeha so antarakalpa pūrṇān na lapsi bodhiṃ paramārthadarśī
  • daśe -
  • daśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    daśa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    daśan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    daśan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    daśā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    daṃś (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • iha -
  • iha (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • so -
  • so (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
  • antarakalpa -
  • antarakalpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    antarakalpa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pūrṇān -
  • pūrṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative plural], [ablative single]
    pūrṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    pṝ -> pūrṇa (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √pṝ class 3 verb], [ablative single from √pṝ class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √pṝ class 6 verb], [ablative single from √pṝ class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √pṝ class 9 verb], [ablative single from √pṝ class 9 verb]
    pṝ -> pūrṇa (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √pṝ class 3 verb], [ablative single from √pṝ class 6 verb], [ablative single from √pṝ class 9 verb]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse lapsi*bo
  • bodhim -
  • bodhi (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • paramārtha -
  • paramārtha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • darśī -
  • darśī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    darśī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    darśin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 7.60

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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