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).

इमे च ये आगत लोकनाथा विचित्रिता यैरिय शोभिता भूः ।
तेषां पि पूजा विपुल अनल्पका कृता भवेत्सूत्रप्रकाशनेन ॥ १४ ॥

ime ca ye āgata lokanāthā vicitritā yairiya śobhitā bhūḥ |
teṣāṃ pi pūjā vipula analpakā kṛtā bhavetsūtraprakāśanena || 14 ||

And these (other) Lords of the world here present, by whom this soil is so variegated and splendid, to them also will accrue ample and manifold honour from this Sutra being preached.

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

Iyam, Idam, Yah, Yat, Agata, Lokanatha, Vicitrita, Shobhita, Bhu, Tad, Puja, Vipula, Analpa, Krita, Sutra, Prakashana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 11.14). 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: “ime ca ye āgata lokanāthā vicitritā yairiya śobhitā bhūḥ
  • 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]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • 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]
  • āgata -
  • āgata (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āgata (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ag (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active second plural], [imperfect middle third single]
  • lokanāthā* -
  • lokanātha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    lokanāthā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vicitritā* -
  • vicitrita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vicitritā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • yair -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • iya -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • śobhitā* -
  • śobhita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    śobhitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    śubh -> śobhita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √śubh class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √śubh class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √śubh class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √śubh class 6 verb], [nominative plural from √śubh], [vocative plural from √śubh]
    śubh -> śobhitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √śubh class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √śubh class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √śubh class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √śubh class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √śubh class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √śubh class 6 verb], [nominative plural from √śubh], [vocative plural from √śubh], [accusative plural from √śubh]
  • bhūḥ -
  • bhu (noun, feminine)
    [accusative plural]
    bhū (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
    bhū (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [injunctive active second single]
  • Line 2: “teṣāṃ pi pūjā vipula analpakā kṛtā bhavetsūtraprakāśanena
  • teṣām -
  • tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • Cannot analyse pi*pū
  • pūjā* -
  • pūjā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    pūja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • vipula -
  • vipula (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vipula (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • analpa -
  • analpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    analpa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • kṛtā* -
  • kṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb]
    kṛ -> kṛtā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb]
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • sūtra -
  • sūtra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prakāśanena -
  • prakāśana (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    prakāśana (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 11.14

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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