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).

पुरूषाण चो तत्र सहस्र नेका ये प्रस्थितास्तामटवीं भवेयुः ।
अटवी च सा शून्य भवेत दीर्घा पूर्णानि पञ्चाशत योजनानि ॥ ९३ ॥

purūṣāṇa co tatra sahasra nekā ye prasthitāstāmaṭavīṃ bhaveyuḥ |
aṭavī ca sā śūnya bhaveta dīrghā pūrṇāni pañcāśata yojanāni || 93 ||

(Suppose further that) many thousand men have come to the forest, that waste track of wilderness which is fully five hundred yoganas in extent.

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

Puru, Tatra, Sahasra, Yah, Yat, Prasthita, Tama, Atavi, Shunya, Dirgha, Purna, Pancashata, Yojana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 7.93). 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: “purūṣāṇa co tatra sahasra nekā ye prasthitāstāmaṭavīṃ bhaveyuḥ
  • purū -
  • puru (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    puru (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    purū (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    purū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    purū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • uṣāṇa -
  • uṣ (verb class 9)
    [imperative active second single]
  • co -
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • sahasra -
  • sahasra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sahasra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ne -
  • na (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ni (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • kā* -
  • kās (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • prasthitās -
  • prasthita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    prasthitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • tāma -
  • tāma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ṭa -
  • ṭa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ṭa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • -
  • vi (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    vi (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    vi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ve (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • im -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • bhaveyuḥ -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third plural]
  • Line 2: “aṭavī ca śūnya bhaveta dīrghā pūrṇāni pañcāśata yojanāni
  • aṭavī -
  • aṭavī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    aṭavi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • śūnya -
  • śūnya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śūnya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhaveta -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active second plural]
  • dīrghā -
  • dīrghā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • pūrṇāni -
  • pūrṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    pṝ -> pūrṇa (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √pṝ class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √pṝ class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √pṝ class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √pṝ class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √pṝ class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √pṝ class 6 verb], [nominative plural from √pṝ class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √pṝ class 9 verb], [accusative plural from √pṝ class 9 verb]
  • pañcāśata -
  • pañcāśata (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yojanāni -
  • yojana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 7.93

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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