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).

शाठ्यं च मानं तथ कूटनां च अशेषतो उज्झिय धर्मभाणकः ।
ईर्ष्यां न कुर्यात्तथ जातु पण्डितो य इच्छते सूत्रमिदं प्रकाशितुम् ॥ ३९ ॥

śāṭhyaṃ ca mānaṃ tatha kūṭanāṃ ca aśeṣato ujjhiya dharmabhāṇakaḥ |
īrṣyāṃ na kuryāttatha jātu paṇḍito ya icchate sūtramidaṃ prakāśitum || 39 ||

The wise man, the preacher, who wishes to expound this Sutra must absolutely renounce falsehood, pride, calumny, and envy.

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

Shathya, Mana, Tatha, Kuta, Dharmabhanaka, Irshya, Jatu, Pandita, Yah, Icchata, Icchat, Sutra, Idam, Pra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 13.39). 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: “śāṭhyaṃ ca mānaṃ tatha kūṭanāṃ ca aśeṣato ujjhiya dharmabhāṇakaḥ
  • śāṭhyam -
  • śāṭhya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śaṭh -> śāṭhya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √śaṭh class 1 verb]
    śaṭh -> śāṭhya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √śaṭh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √śaṭh class 1 verb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mānam -
  • māna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    māna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    man -> māna (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √man class 4 verb], [accusative single from √man class 8 verb]
    man -> māna (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √man class 4 verb], [accusative single from √man class 4 verb], [nominative single from √man class 8 verb], [accusative single from √man class 8 verb]
  • tatha -
  • tatha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tatha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kūṭa -
  • kūṭa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kūṭa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • aśeṣato -
  • Cannot analyse ujjhiya*dh
  • dharmabhāṇakaḥ -
  • dharmabhāṇaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “īrṣyāṃ na kuryāttatha jātu paṇḍito ya icchate sūtramidaṃ prakāśitum
  • īrṣyām -
  • īrṣyā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    īrṣ -> īrṣyā (participle, feminine)
    [accusative single from √īrṣ class 1 verb]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kuryāt -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative active third single]
  • tatha -
  • tatha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tatha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jātu -
  • jātu (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    jātu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    jātu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    jātu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    jātū (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    jātū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    jātū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • paṇḍito* -
  • paṇḍita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    paṇḍ -> paṇḍita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √paṇḍ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √paṇḍ class 10 verb]
  • ya* -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • icchate -
  • icchatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    iṣ -> icchat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √iṣ class 6 verb]
    iṣ -> icchat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √iṣ class 6 verb]
    iṣ (verb class 6)
    [present middle third single]
  • sūtram -
  • sūtra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • idam -
  • idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • pra -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kāśitum -
  • kāś -> kāśitum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √kāś]
    kāś -> kāśitum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √kāś]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 13.39

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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