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).

गन्धो मनोज्ञो दशसू दिशासु प्रवायते लोकविनायकानाम् ।
येना इमे मूर्च्छित सर्वसत्त्वा वाते प्रवाते इह नित्यकालम् ॥ ९ ॥

gandho manojño daśasū diśāsu pravāyate lokavināyakānām |
yenā ime mūrcchita sarvasattvā vāte pravāte iha nityakālam || 9 ||

A delicious fragrance spreads from the Leaders of the world over all quarters, (a fragrance) by which, when the wind is blowing, all these creatures are intoxicated.

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

Gandha, Manojna, Disha, Prava, Tad, Yushmad, Lokavinayaka, Iyam, Idam, Murcchita, Sarvasattva, Vata, Vati, Vat, Pravata, Iha, Nityakalam,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 11.9). 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: “gandho manojño daśasū diśāsu pravāyate lokavināyakānām
  • gandho* -
  • gandha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • manojño* -
  • manojña (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • daśasū -
  • diśāsu -
  • diśā (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
  • pravāya -
  • prava (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    prava (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • lokavināyakānām -
  • lokavināyaka (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • Line 2: “yenā ime mūrcchita sarvasattvā vāte pravāte iha nityakālam
  • yenā -
  • ime -
  • iyam (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    idam (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • mūrcchita -
  • mūrcchita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mūrcchita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sarvasattvā* -
  • sarvasattva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • vāte -
  • vāta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    vāta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    vātā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vāti (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    -> vāta (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √ class 2 verb], [dative single from √ class 2 verb]
    -> vāta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √ class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √ class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √ class 2 verb], [locative single from √ class 2 verb], [dative single from √ class 2 verb]
    -> vātā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √ class 2 verb], [vocative single from √ class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √ class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √ class 2 verb]
    -> vāt (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √ class 1 verb]
    -> vāt (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √ class 1 verb]
    (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
  • pravāte -
  • pravāta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    pravāta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    pravātā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • iha -
  • iha (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • nityakālam -
  • nityakālam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 11.9

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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