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).

रौद्रचित्ताश्च दुष्टाश्च गृहवित्तविचिन्तकाः ।
अरण्यगुप्तिं प्रविशित्वा अस्माकं परिवादकाः ॥ ७ ॥

raudracittāśca duṣṭāśca gṛhavittavicintakāḥ |
araṇyaguptiṃ praviśitvā asmākaṃ parivādakāḥ || 7 ||

Cruel-minded and wicked men, only occupied with household cares, will enter our retreat in the forest and become our calumniators.

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

Raudra, Citta, Dushta, Grihavitta, Cintaka, Arani, Aranya, Agupti, Pra, Vish, Vishi, Tva, Asmaka, Asmad, Parivadaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 12.7). 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: “raudracittāśca duṣṭāśca gṛhavittavicintakāḥ
  • raudra -
  • raudra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    raudra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • cittāś -
  • citta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    cittā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • duṣṭāś -
  • duṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    duṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • gṛhavitta -
  • gṛhavitta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vi -
  • vi (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    vi (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    vi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ve (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • cintakāḥ -
  • cintaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    cintakā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “araṇyaguptiṃ praviśitvā asmākaṃ parivādakāḥ
  • araṇya -
  • araṇi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    araṇi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    araṇī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    araṇya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    araṇya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • aguptim -
  • agupti (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    agupti (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • pra -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • viśi -
  • viśī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    viśī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    viśī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    viś (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • tvā* -
  • tvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • asmākam -
  • asmāka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    asmāka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asmākā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [genitive plural]
  • parivādakāḥ -
  • parivādaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 12.7

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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