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).

अष्टान क्षेत्राण यथा रजो भवेत् एवाप्रमाणा गणनाय तत्तकाः ।
याः सत्त्वकोट्यो हि श्रुणित्व धर्मं उत्पादयिंसू वरबोधिचित्तम् ॥ ७ ॥

aṣṭāna kṣetrāṇa yathā rajo bhavet evāpramāṇā gaṇanāya tattakāḥ |
yāḥ sattvakoṭyo hi śruṇitva dharmaṃ utpādayiṃsū varabodhicittam || 7 ||

Innumerable, countless as the atoms of the eight fields, are the kotis of beings who by hearing this law have conceived the idea of superior enlightenment.

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

Ashta, Ashtat, Kshetra, Yatha, Raja, Rajas, Eva, Ganana, Tat, Tad, Taka, Sattvaka, Ush, Yah, Dharma, Vara, Bodhicitta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 16.7). 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: “aṣṭāna kṣetrāṇa yathā rajo bhavet evāpramāṇā gaṇanāya tattakāḥ
  • aṣṭān -
  • aṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    -> aṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √ class 5 verb], [vocative single from √ class 5 verb]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kṣetrā -
  • kṣetra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • aṇa -
  • aṇ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • rajo* -
  • rajas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    rajas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    raja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • evā -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • apramāṇā -
  • gaṇanāya -
  • gaṇana (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • takā -
  • taka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tak (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • aḥ -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “yāḥ sattvakoṭyo hi śruṇitva dharmaṃ utpādayiṃsū varabodhicittam
  • yāḥ -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • sattvako -
  • sattvaka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • uṭ -
  • uṣ (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • yo* -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • Cannot analyse śruṇitva*dh
  • dharmam -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dharman (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    dharmā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse utpādayiṃsū*va
  • vara -
  • vara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vṛ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • bodhicittam -
  • bodhicitta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bodhicitta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 16.7

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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