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).

एवं दिशि दक्षिणियां पि तत्र अथ पश्चिमा हेष्टिम उत्तरस्याम् ।
उपरिष्टिमायां विदिशासु चैव आगत्य ब्रह्माण सहस्रकोट्यः ॥ ७० ॥

evaṃ diśi dakṣiṇiyāṃ pi tatra atha paścimā heṣṭima uttarasyām |
upariṣṭimāyāṃ vidiśāsu caiva āgatya brahmāṇa sahasrakoṭyaḥ || 70 ||

Likewise in the south, west, north, the nadir, zenith, and in the intermediate points of the compass there were thousands of kotis of Brahma-angels.

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

Evam, Eva, Dish, Tatra, Atha, Pashcima, Han, Ishti, Uttara, Upa, Rishti, Vidisha, Agatya, Brahma, Brahman, Sahasrakoti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 7.70). 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: “evaṃ diśi dakṣiṇiyāṃ pi tatra atha paścimā heṣṭima uttarasyām
  • evam -
  • evam (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    evam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • diśi -
  • diś (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • Cannot analyse dakṣiṇiyām*pi
  • Cannot analyse pi*ta
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • atha -
  • atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • paścimā* -
  • paścima (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    paścimā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • he -
  • ha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    ha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    han (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    han (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [present middle first single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • iṣṭim -
  • iṣṭi (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • a* -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • uttarasyām -
  • uttarā (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • Line 2: “upariṣṭimāyāṃ vidiśāsu caiva āgatya brahmāṇa sahasrakoṭyaḥ
  • upa -
  • upa (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    upa (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    upa (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • riṣṭim -
  • riṣṭi (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    riṣṭi (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • āyām -
  • ā (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • vidiśāsu -
  • vidiśā (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • eva* -
  • eva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • āgatya -
  • āgatya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • brahmā -
  • brahma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    brahma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    brahman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    brahmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    brahm (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • aṇa -
  • aṇ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • sahasrakoṭyaḥ -
  • sahasrakoṭī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    sahasrakoṭī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 7.70

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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