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).

सुवर्णवर्णं शतपुण्यलक्षणं सुपिनस्मि दृष्ट्वा च शृणोति धर्मम् ।
श्रुत्वा च तं पर्षदि संप्रकाशयी सुपिनो खु तस्यो अयमेवरूपः ॥ ६८ ॥

suvarṇavarṇaṃ śatapuṇyalakṣaṇaṃ supinasmi dṛṣṭvā ca śṛṇoti dharmam |
śrutvā ca taṃ parṣadi saṃprakāśayī supino khu tasyo ayamevarūpaḥ || 68 ||

And after seeing in his dream the goldcoloured one, him who displays a hundred hallowed signs, he hears the law, whereafter he preaches it in the assembly. Such is his dream.

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

Suvarnavarna, Shatapunya, Lakshana, Dharma, Parshad, Aya, Idam, Eva, Rupa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 13.68). 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: “suvarṇavarṇaṃ śatapuṇyalakṣaṇaṃ supinasmi dṛṣṭvā ca śṛṇoti dharmam
  • suvarṇavarṇam -
  • suvarṇavarṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    suvarṇavarṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    suvarṇavarṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • śatapuṇya -
  • śatapuṇya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śatapuṇya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • lakṣaṇam -
  • lakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    lakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    lakṣaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse supinasmi*dṛ
  • dṛṣṭvā -
  • dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dṛś]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śṛṇoti -
  • śru (verb class 5)
    [present active third single]
  • dharmam -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dharman (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    dharmā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “śrutvā ca taṃ parṣadi saṃprakāśayī supino khu tasyo ayamevarūpaḥ
  • śrutvā -
  • śru -> śrutvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √śru]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tam -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • parṣadi -
  • parṣad (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • Cannot analyse samprakāśayī*su
  • Cannot analyse supino*kh
  • Cannot analyse khu*ta
  • tasyo -
  • ayam -
  • aya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rūpaḥ -
  • rūpa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 13.68

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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