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).

इदं तु सर्वसूत्रेषु सूत्रमग्रं प्रवुच्यते ।
धारेति यो इदं सूत्रं स धारे जिनविग्रहम् ॥ ३५ ॥

idaṃ tu sarvasūtreṣu sūtramagraṃ pravucyate |
dhāreti yo idaṃ sūtraṃ sa dhāre jinavigraham || 35 ||

This Sutra is declared the principal of all Sutras; he who keeps in his memory this Stitra, keeps the body of the Gina.

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

Idam, Sarvasutra, Sutra, Agram, Agra, Dhara, Dhari, Iti, Jina, Vigraha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 11.35). 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: “idaṃ tu sarvasūtreṣu sūtramagraṃ pravucyate
  • idam -
  • idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • sarvasūtreṣu -
  • sarvasūtra (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    sarvasūtra (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • sūtram -
  • sūtra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • agram -
  • agram (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    agra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    agra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    agrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse pravucyate
  • Line 2: “dhāreti yo idaṃ sūtraṃ sa dhāre jinavigraham
  • dhāre -
  • dhāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    dhāra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    dhārā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    dhāri (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    dhāri (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • yo -
  • yu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    yu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • idam -
  • idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • sūtram -
  • sūtra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dhāre -
  • dhāra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    dhāra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    dhārā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    dhāri (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    dhāri (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • jina -
  • jina (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jina (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vigraham -
  • vigraha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vigraha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vigrahā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 11.35

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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