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).

विश्रान्तरूपांश्च विदित्व सर्वान् समानयित्वा च पुनर्ब्रवीति ।
आगच्छथ मह्य शृणोथ भाषतो ऋद्धीमयं नगरमिदं विनिर्मितम् ॥ १०१ ॥

viśrāntarūpāṃśca viditva sarvān samānayitvā ca punarbravīti |
āgacchatha mahya śṛṇotha bhāṣato ṛddhīmayaṃ nagaramidaṃ vinirmitam || 101 ||

As he perceives that they have sufficiently reposed, he collects them and addresses them again: “Come, hear what I have to tell you: this city have I produced by magic”.

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

Vishranta, Rupa, Vid, Tva, Sarva, Sama, Ayi, Ayin, Yushmad, Punar, Sha, Tha, Mahya, Bhasha, Riddhi, Aya, Idam, Nagara, Vinirmita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 7.101). 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: “viśrāntarūpāṃśca viditva sarvān samānayitvā ca punarbravīti
  • viśrānta -
  • viśrānta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    viśrānta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rūpāṃś -
  • rūpa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vidi -
  • vid (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    vid (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • tva -
  • tva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sarvān -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • samān -
  • sama (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ayi -
  • ayi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ayin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ayin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • tvā -
  • tvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • punar -
  • punar (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    punar (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • bravīti -
  • brū (verb class 2)
    [present active third single]
  • Line 2: “āgacchatha mahya śṛṇotha bhāṣato ṛddhīmayaṃ nagaramidaṃ vinirmitam
  • āgacch -
  • ag (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • śa -
  • śa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tha -
  • tha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mahya -
  • mahya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mahya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mah -> mahya (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √mah]
    mah -> mahya (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √mah]
    mah -> mahya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √mah]
    mah -> mahya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √mah]
    mah -> mahya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √mah class 10 verb], [vocative single from √mah]
    mah -> mahya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √mah class 10 verb], [vocative single from √mah]
  • Cannot analyse śṛṇotha*bh
  • bhāṣa -
  • bhāṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhāṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • to -
  • ṛddhīm -
  • ṛddhī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • ayam -
  • aya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • nagaram -
  • nagaram (adverb)
    [adverb]
    nagara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nagara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • idam -
  • idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vinirmitam -
  • vinirmita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vinirmita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vinirmitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 7.101

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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