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).

असन्तका धर्म इमे प्रकाशिता अप्रादुभूताश्च अजात सर्वे ।
शून्या निरीहा स्थित नित्यकालं अयं गोचरो उच्यति पण्डितानाम् ॥ १९ ॥

asantakā dharma ime prakāśitā aprādubhūtāśca ajāta sarve |
śūnyā nirīhā sthita nityakālaṃ ayaṃ gocaro ucyati paṇḍitānām || 19 ||

All laws (i.e. the laws, the things) have been declared to be non-existing, not appearing, not produced, void, immovable, everlasting; this is called the proper sphere of the wise.

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

Asat, Dharma, Iyam, Idam, Prakashita, Adu, Bhuta, Ajata, Sarva, Shunya, Niriha, Sthita, Nityakalam, Aya, Gocara, Ucyat, Pandita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 13.19). 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: “asantakā dharma ime prakāśitā aprādubhūtāśca ajāta sarve
  • asan -
  • asat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • takā -
  • dharma*i -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    dharmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • im -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • ime -
  • iyam (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    idam (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • prakāśitā* -
  • prakāśita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    prakāśitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ap -
  • ap (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • -
  • ra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • adu -
  • adū (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    adū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    adū (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • bhūtāś -
  • bhūta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    bhūtā (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]
  • ajāta -
  • ajāta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ajāta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sarve -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 2: “śūnyā nirīhā sthita nityakālaṃ ayaṃ gocaro ucyati paṇḍitānām
  • śūnyā* -
  • śūnya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    śūnyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • nirīhā -
  • nirīhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sthita -
  • sthita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sthita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
    sthā -> sthita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
  • nityakālam -
  • nityakālam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • ayam -
  • aya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • gocaro -
  • gocara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    gocara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    gocarā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ucyati -
  • uc -> ucyat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √uc class 4 verb]
    uc -> ucyat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √uc class 4 verb]
    uc (verb class 4)
    [present active third single]
  • paṇḍitānām -
  • paṇḍita (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    paṇḍita (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    paṇḍitā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
    paṇḍ -> paṇḍita (participle, masculine)
    [genitive plural from √paṇḍ class 1 verb], [genitive plural from √paṇḍ class 10 verb]
    paṇḍ -> paṇḍita (participle, neuter)
    [genitive plural from √paṇḍ class 1 verb], [genitive plural from √paṇḍ class 10 verb]
    paṇḍ -> paṇḍitā (participle, feminine)
    [genitive plural from √paṇḍ class 1 verb], [genitive plural from √paṇḍ class 10 verb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 13.19

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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