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).

सुमेरुं यश्च हस्तेन अध्यालम्बित्व मुष्टिना ।
क्षिपेत क्षेत्रकोटीयो न तद्भवति दुष्करम् ॥ १८ ॥

sumeruṃ yaśca hastena adhyālambitva muṣṭinā |
kṣipeta kṣetrakoṭīyo na tadbhavati duṣkaram || 18 ||

One who after grasping the Sumeru in the fist were to hurl it a distance of kotis of fields, would do nothing very difficult.

English translation by H. Kern (2013) Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (11.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sumeru, Yah, Hasta, Adhi, Alambin, Tva, Mushti, Kshetra, Koti, Tad, Tat, Bhavati, Bhavat, Bhavant, Dushkara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 11.18). 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: “sumeruṃ yaśca hastena adhyālambitva muṣṭinā
  • sumerum -
  • sumeru (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    sumeru (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • yaś -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hastena -
  • hasta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    hasta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • adhyā -
  • adhi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    adhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    adhī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    adhī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single]
    adhī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    dhā (verb class 1)
    [aorist middle first single]
    dhā (verb class 2)
    [aorist middle first single]
    dhā (verb class 3)
    [aorist middle first single]
    dhā (verb class 4)
    [aorist middle first single]
  • ālambi -
  • ālambi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ālambin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ālambin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tva -
  • tva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • muṣṭinā -
  • muṣṭi (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    muṣṭi (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    muṣṭī (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • Line 2: “kṣipeta kṣetrakoṭīyo na tadbhavati duṣkaram
  • kṣipeta -
  • kṣip (verb class 6)
    [optative active second plural], [optative middle third single]
  • kṣetra -
  • kṣetra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • koṭī -
  • koṭi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    koṭī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • iyo* -
  • ī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    ī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • bhavati -
  • bhavatī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    bhavat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • duṣkaram -
  • duṣkara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    duṣkara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    duṣkarā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 11.18

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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