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).

गम्भीर धर्माः सुगतेन बुद्धा अतर्किया येष प्रेमाणु नास्ति ।
तानद्य हं धर्म प्रकाशयिष्ये शृणोथ मे यादृशका यथा च ते ॥ ३६ ॥

gambhīra dharmāḥ sugatena buddhā atarkiyā yeṣa premāṇu nāsti |
tānadya haṃ dharma prakāśayiṣye śṛṇotha me yādṛśakā yathā ca te || 36 ||

Profound are the laws known to the Sugata, above reasoning and beyond argumentation. These laws I am going to reveal; ye, hear which and how they are.

English translation by H. Kern (2013) Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (14.36). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Gambhira, Dharma, Sugata, Buddha, Ric, Prema, Preman, Anu, Nasti, Tana, Ham, Dharman, Pra, Asmad, Yadrisha, Yatha, Tad, Yushmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 14.36). 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: “gambhīra dharmāḥ sugatena buddhā atarkiyā yeṣa premāṇu nāsti
  • gambhīra -
  • gambhīra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    gambhīra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dharmāḥ -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    dharmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • sugatena -
  • sugata (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sugata (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • buddhā* -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    buddhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • atar -
  • at (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ṛk -
  • ṛc (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • iyā* -
  • ī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    ī (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    i (verb class 2)
    [optative active second single]
  • yeṣa -
  • yeṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • premā -
  • preman (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    preman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    premā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aṇu -
  • aṇu (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    aṇu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    aṇu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • nāsti -
  • nāsti (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Line 2: “tānadya haṃ dharma prakāśayiṣye śṛṇotha me yādṛśakā yathā ca te
  • tāna -
  • tāna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dya -
  • (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ham -
  • ham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    han (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
  • dharma -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • pra -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • kāśayiṣye -
  • kāś (verb class 0)
    [future middle first single]
  • Cannot analyse śṛṇotha*me
  • me -
  • ma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ma (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • yādṛśa -
  • yādṛśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yādṛśa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kā* -
  • kās (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 14.36

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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