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).

ये चापिं राजपुरुषाः कुर्यात्तेहि न संस्तवम् ।
चण्डालमुष्टिकैः शौण्डैस्तीर्थिकैश्चापि सर्वशः ॥ ३ ॥

ye cāpiṃ rājapuruṣāḥ kuryāttehi na saṃstavam |
caṇḍālamuṣṭikaiḥ śauṇḍaistīrthikaiścāpi sarvaśaḥ || 3 ||

Nor should he keep up intercourse with king's servants, nor with Kandalas, jugglers, and Tirthikas in general.

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

Yah, Yat, Capi, Rajapurusha, Tad, Tan, Yushmad, Samstava, Candala, Tika, Shaunda, Tirthika, Capin, Sarvashah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 13.3). 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: “ye cāpiṃ rājapuruṣāḥ kuryāttehi na saṃstavam
  • 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]
  • cāpim -
  • cāpi (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    cāpi (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • rājapuruṣāḥ -
  • rājapuruṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • kuryāt -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative active third single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • ihi -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • saṃstavam -
  • saṃstava (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “caṇḍālamuṣṭikaiḥ śauṇḍaistīrthikaiścāpi sarvaśaḥ
  • caṇḍālam -
  • caṇḍāla (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    caṇḍālā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • uṣ -
  • u (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • ṭikaiḥ -
  • ṭika (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ṭika (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • śauṇḍais -
  • śauṇḍa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    śauṇḍa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • tīrthikaiś -
  • tīrthika (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • cāpi -
  • cāpin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    cāpī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    cāpī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    cāpi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • sarvaśaḥ -
  • sarvaśaḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 13.3

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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