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).

उपायकौशल्य विनायकानां यद् यान देशेन्ति त्रयो महर्षी ।
एकं हि यानं न द्वितीयमस्ति विश्रामणार्थं तु द्वियान देशिता ॥ १०६ ॥

upāyakauśalya vināyakānāṃ yad yāna deśenti trayo maharṣī |
ekaṃ hi yānaṃ na dvitīyamasti viśrāmaṇārthaṃ tu dviyāna deśitā || 106 ||

It is an artifice of the Leaders, when they, the great Seers, show three vehicles, for there is but one vehicle, no second; it is only to help (creatures) that two vehicles are spoken of.

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

Upayakaushalya, Vinayaka, Yat, Yad, Yana, Traya, Tri, Maharshi, Eka, Dvitiyam, Dvitiya, Asti, Vishramana, Artha, Iyana, Deshita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 7.106). 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: “upāyakauśalya vināyakānāṃ yad yāna deśenti trayo maharṣī
  • upāyakauśalya -
  • upāyakauśalya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vināyakānām -
  • vināyaka (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    vināyaka (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    vināyakā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • yad -
  • yat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • yāna -
  • yāna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse deśenti*tr
  • trayo* -
  • traya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tri (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • maharṣī -
  • maharṣi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 2: “ekaṃ hi yānaṃ na dvitīyamasti viśrāmaṇārthaṃ tu dviyāna deśitā
  • ekam -
  • eka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    eka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • yānam -
  • yāna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    yāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    yānā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dvitīyam -
  • dvitīyam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    dvitīya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dvitīya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dvitīyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • asti -
  • asti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    astī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    astī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    astī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [present active third single]
  • viśrāmaṇā -
  • viśrāmaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    viśrāmaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • artham -
  • artha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    artha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • dvi -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
  • iyāna -
  • i -> iyāna (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> iyāna (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
  • deśitā -
  • deśitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    diś -> deśitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √diś]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 7.106

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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