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).

आरब्धवीर्याः स्मृतिमन्त सर्वे प्रज्ञाबलस्मिन् स्थित अप्रमेये ।
विशारदा धर्मु कथेन्ति चैते प्रभास्वरा पुत्र ममैति सर्वे ॥ ४१ ॥

ārabdhavīryāḥ smṛtimanta sarve prajñābalasmin sthita aprameye |
viśāradā dharmu kathenti caite prabhāsvarā putra mamaiti sarve || 41 ||

All strenuous, of good memory, unshaken in the immense strength of their intelligence, those serene sages preach the law, all radiant, as being my sons.

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

Arabdha, Virya, Smritimat, Sarva, Sthita, Aprameya, Prabhasvara, Putra, Asmad, Mama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 14.41). 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: “ārabdhavīryāḥ smṛtimanta sarve prajñābalasmin sthita aprameye
  • ārabdha -
  • ārabdha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ārabdha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vīryāḥ -
  • vīryā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    vīr -> vīrya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √vīr class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √vīr class 10 verb]
    vīr -> vīryā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √vīr class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √vīr class 10 verb], [accusative plural from √vīr class 10 verb]
  • smṛtiman -
  • smṛtimat (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • ta -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • sarve -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Cannot analyse prajñābalasmin*st
  • sthita -
  • sthita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sthita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
    sthā -> sthita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
  • aprameye -
  • aprameya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    aprameya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    aprameyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 2: “viśāradā dharmu kathenti caite prabhāsvarā putra mamaiti sarve
  • viśāradā* -
  • Cannot analyse dharmu*ka
  • Cannot analyse kathenti*ca
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aite -
  • prabhāsvarā -
  • prabhāsvarā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • putra -
  • putra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    putra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mamai -
  • asmad (pronoun, none)
    [genitive single]
    mamā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 3)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 4)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • eti -
  • eti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    i (verb class 2)
    [present active third single]
  • sarve -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 14.41

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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