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).

ल्यदा तु सत्त्वा मृदु मार्दवाश्च उत्पन्न भोन्तीह मनुष्यलोके ।
उत्पन्नमात्राश्च शुभेन कर्मणा पश्यन्ति मां धर्मु प्रकाशयन्तम् ॥ १६ ॥

lyadā tu sattvā mṛdu mārdavāśca utpanna bhontīha manuṣyaloke |
utpannamātrāśca śubhena karmaṇā paśyanti māṃ dharmu prakāśayantam || 16 ||

But when mild and gentle beings are born in this world of men, they immediately see me revealing the law, owing to their good works.

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

Ada, Sattva, Mridu, Mardava, Utpanna, Manushyaloka, Atra, Shubha, Karman, Pashyanti, Pashyat, Asmad, Prakasha, Yat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 15.16). 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: “lyadā tu sattvā mṛdu mārdavāśca utpanna bhontīha manuṣyaloke
  • lya -
  • li (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • adā -
  • adā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    ad (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • sattvā* -
  • sattva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • mṛdu -
  • mṛdu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    mṛdu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    mṛdū (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • mārdavāś -
  • mārdava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • ca* -
  • ca (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • utpanna -
  • utpanna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    utpanna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse bhontīha*ma
  • manuṣyaloke -
  • manuṣyaloka (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • Line 2: “utpannamātrāśca śubhena karmaṇā paśyanti māṃ dharmu prakāśayantam
  • utpannam -
  • utpanna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    utpanna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    utpannā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ātrā -
  • ātra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śubhena -
  • śubha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    śubha (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • karmaṇā -
  • karman (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • paśyanti -
  • paśyantī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    paśyat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • mām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse dharmu*pr
  • prakāśa -
  • prakāśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prakāśa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yantam -
  • yat (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    i -> yat (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 15.16

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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