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).

गृहस्थ ये प्रव्रजिताश्च ये स्युरथ बोधिसत्त्वास्तद कालि पश्चिमे ।
सर्वेषु मैत्रीबल सो हि दर्शयी मा हैव क्षेप्स्यन्ति श्रुणित्व धर्मम् ॥ ४६ ॥

gṛhastha ye pravrajitāśca ye syuratha bodhisattvāstada kāli paścime |
sarveṣu maitrībala so hi darśayī mā haiva kṣepsyanti śruṇitva dharmam || 46 ||

The laymen, as well as the mendicant friars, and the Bodhisattvas who shall live at the end of time, must all show the strength of charity, lest those who hear the law reject it.

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

Grihastha, Yah, Yat, Pravrajita, Atha, Bodhisattva, Tada, Kali, Pashcime, Pashcima, Sarva, Maitribala, Sah, Mas, Kshepsyat, Kshepsyanti, Dharma,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 13.46). 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: “gṛhastha ye pravrajitāśca ye syuratha bodhisattvāstada kāli paścime
  • gṛhastha -
  • gṛhastha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    gṛhastha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • 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]
  • pravrajitāś -
  • pravrajita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    pravrajitā (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]
  • 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]
  • syur -
  • as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third plural]
  • atha -
  • atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • bodhisattvās -
  • bodhisattva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • tada -
  • tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kāli -
  • kālī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    kālin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • paścime -
  • paścime (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    paścima (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    paścima (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    paścimā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 2: “sarveṣu maitrībala so hi darśayī haiva kṣepsyanti śruṇitva dharmam
  • sarveṣu -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • maitrībala -
  • maitrībala (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • so* -
  • saḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • Cannot analyse darśayī*mā
  • mā* -
  • ma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    mās (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • haiva -
  • (verb class 1)
    [optative active first dual]
  • kṣepsyanti -
  • kṣip -> kṣepsyat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √kṣip class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √kṣip class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √kṣip class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √kṣip class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √kṣip class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √kṣip class 6 verb]
    kṣip -> kṣepsyantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √kṣip class 4 verb], [vocative single from √kṣip class 6 verb]
    kṣip (verb class 4)
    [future active third plural]
    kṣip (verb class 6)
    [future active third plural]
  • Cannot analyse śruṇitva*dh
  • dharmam -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dharman (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    dharmā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 13.46

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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