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).

चक्षुभूतश्च सो भोति लोके सामरमानुषे ।
इदं सुत्रं प्रकाशित्वा निर्वृते नरनायके ॥ ४० ॥

cakṣubhūtaśca so bhoti loke sāmaramānuṣe |
idaṃ sutraṃ prakāśitvā nirvṛte naranāyake || 40 ||

He shall be the eye of the world, including gods and men, who shall speak this Sutra after the extinction of the Chief of men.

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

Cakshu, Bhuta, Bhutas, Sah, Bha, Bhu, Loka, Samara, Anu, Sha, Idam, Sut, Nirvrita, Nirvriti, Naranayaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 11.40). 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: “cakṣubhūtaśca so bhoti loke sāmaramānuṣe
  • cakṣu -
  • cakṣu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cakṣū (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    cakṣū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    cakṣū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • bhūtaś -
  • bhūtas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    bhūta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • so* -
  • saḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bho -
  • bha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    bhā (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    bhu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    bhu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • ūti -
  • ūti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ūti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • loke -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    lok (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
  • sāmaram -
  • sāmara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sāmara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sāmarā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ānu -
  • ānu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ānu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ānu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • ṣe -
  • ṣa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ṣa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    ṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 2: “idaṃ sutraṃ prakāśitvā nirvṛte naranāyake
  • idam -
  • idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • sut -
  • sut (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    sut (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ram -
  • ra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • prakāśitvā -
  • nirvṛte -
  • nirvṛta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    nirvṛta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    nirvṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    nirvṛti (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    nirvṛti (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • naranāyake -
  • naranāyaka (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 11.40

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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