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).

सो च प्रहृष्टो भवती श्रुणित्वा प्रामोद्यजातश्च करोति पूजाम् ।
सुपिने च सो धारणि प्रापुणोति अविवर्तियं ज्ञान स्पृशित्व क्षिप्रम् ॥ ६४ ॥

so ca prahṛṣṭo bhavatī śruṇitvā prāmodyajātaśca karoti pūjām |
supine ca so dhāraṇi prāpuṇoti avivartiyaṃ jñāna spṛśitva kṣipram || 64 ||

And he, glad to have heard the law, joyfully pays his worship, and after having soon reached the knowledge which never slides back, he obtains, in dream, magical spells.

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

Prahrishta, Bhavati, Bhavat, Bhavant, Pramodya, Jatri, Jata, Karoti, Puja, Sah, Dharani, Pra, Avi, Varti, Vartin, Yah, Jnana, Sprish, Sprishi, Tva, Kshipram, Kshipra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 13.64). 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: “so ca prahṛṣṭo bhavatī śruṇitvā prāmodyajātaśca karoti pūjām
  • so -
  • so (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prahṛṣṭo* -
  • prahṛṣṭa (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]
  • Cannot analyse śruṇitvā*pr
  • prāmodya -
  • prāmodya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jātaś -
  • jātṛ (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    jāta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    jan -> jāta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √jan class 1 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 2 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 3 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 4 verb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • karoti -
  • karoti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    karoti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    karoti (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    kṛ (verb class 8)
    [present active third single]
  • pūjām -
  • pūjā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “supine ca so dhāraṇi prāpuṇoti avivartiyaṃ jñāna spṛśitva kṣipram
  • Cannot analyse supine*ca
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • so* -
  • saḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dhāraṇi -
  • dhāraṇi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    dhāraṇī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • prā -
  • prā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    prā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • puṇo -
  • puṇ (verb class 6)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ūti -
  • ūti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ūti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • avi -
  • avi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    avi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    avi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    avī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • varti -
  • varti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vartī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    vartin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vartin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • yam -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • jñāna -
  • jñāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • spṛśi -
  • spṛśi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    spṛśi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    spṛśi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    spṛśī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    spṛś (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    spṛś (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    spṛś (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • tva -
  • tva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kṣipram -
  • kṣipram (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kṣipra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kṣipra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kṣiprā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 13.64

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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