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).

सदा च सो आर्जवु मर्दावश्च क्षान्तश्च भोती सुगतस्य पुत्रः ।
धर्मं प्रकाशेतुः पुनः पुनश्चिमं न तस्य खेदो भवती कदाचित् ॥ ४१ ॥

sadā ca so ārjavu mardāvaśca kṣāntaśca bhotī sugatasya putraḥ |
dharmaṃ prakāśetuḥ punaḥ punaścimaṃ na tasya khedo bhavatī kadācit || 41 ||

He is always sincere, mild, forbearing; (as) a (true) son of Sugata he will repeatedly preach the law without any feeling of vexation.

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

Sada, Sad, Kshanta, Bha, Bhu, Uti, Sugata, Putra, Dharma, Prakasha, Puna, Tad, Kheda, Bhavati, Bhavat, Bhavant, Kadacit,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 13.41). 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: “sadā ca so ārjavu mardāvaśca kṣāntaśca bhotī sugatasya putraḥ
  • sadā -
  • sadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sad (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • so -
  • so (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
  • ā -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ar -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ṛjavu -
  • mardāvaś -
  • mṛd (verb class 1)
    [present active first dual]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kṣāntaś -
  • kṣānta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative 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]
  • ūtī -
  • ūti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ūti (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • sugatasya -
  • sugata (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    sugata (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • putraḥ -
  • putra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “dharmaṃ prakāśetuḥ punaḥ punaścimaṃ na tasya khedo bhavatī kadācit
  • dharmam -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dharman (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    dharmā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • prakāśe -
  • prakāśa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    prakāśa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    prakāśā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • tuḥ -
  • tur (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    tur (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
  • punaḥ -
  • pu (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    puna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Cannot analyse punaścimam*na
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tasya -
  • tas -> tasya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √tas]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    tas (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • khedo* -
  • kheda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhavatī -
  • bhavatī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    bhavant (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • kadācit -
  • kadācit (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 13.41

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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