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).

गुणान कोटीनयुताप्रमेयाः प्रमाणु येषां न कदाचिदस्ति ।
ये राहुलस्येह ममौरसत्य तथा हि एषो स्थितु बोधिकारणात् ॥ ११ ॥

guṇāna koṭīnayutāprameyāḥ pramāṇu yeṣāṃ na kadācidasti |
ye rāhulasyeha mamaurasatya tathā hi eṣo sthitu bodhikāraṇāt || 11 ||

Innumerable myriads of kotis of good qualities, the measure of which is never to be found, appertain to this Rahula, my son; for it has been said: He exists by reason of enlightenment.

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

Guna, Koti, Nayuta, Aprameya, Prama, Anu, Yah, Yat, Kadacit, Asti, Rahula, Iha, Tatha, Stha, Bodhika, Arana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 9.11). 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: “guṇāna koṭīnayutāprameyāḥ pramāṇu yeṣāṃ na kadācidasti
  • guṇān -
  • guṇa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • koṭī -
  • koṭī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    koṭi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • nayutā -
  • nayuta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • aprameyāḥ -
  • aprameya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    aprameyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • pramā -
  • pramā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aṇu -
  • aṇu (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    aṇu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    aṇu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • yeṣām -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kadācid -
  • kadācit (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable 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]
  • Line 2: “ye rāhulasyeha mamaurasatya tathā hi eṣo sthitu bodhikāraṇāt
  • 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]
  • rāhulasye -
  • rāhula (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • iha -
  • iha (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • mamau -
  • (verb class 2)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
    (verb class 3)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
    (verb class 4)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
    (verb class 1)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
  • rasatya -
  • tathā* -
  • tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • eṣo -
  • sthi -
  • sthā (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • bodhikā -
  • bodhikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • araṇāt -
  • araṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    araṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 9.11

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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