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).

यथा शाक्यमुनिर्नाथः शाक्यसिंहो महामुनिः ।
बोधिमण्डे निषीदित्वा सिंहनादमिदं नदेत् ॥ ३४ ॥

yathā śākyamunirnāthaḥ śākyasiṃho mahāmuniḥ |
bodhimaṇḍe niṣīditvā siṃhanādamidaṃ nadet || 34 ||

“As the Lord Sakyamuni, the Lion of the Sakya race, after he had occupied his seat on the terrace of enlightenment, raised his lion'sroar;

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

Yatha, Shakyamuni, Natha, Shakyasimha, Mahamuni, Bodhimanda, Simhanada, Idam,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 16.34). 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: “yathā śākyamunirnāthaḥ śākyasiṃho mahāmuniḥ
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • śākyamunir -
  • śākyamuni (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • nāthaḥ -
  • nātha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śākyasiṃho* -
  • śākyasiṃha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • mahāmuniḥ -
  • mahāmuni (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “bodhimaṇḍe niṣīditvā siṃhanādamidaṃ nadet
  • bodhimaṇḍe -
  • bodhimaṇḍa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • Cannot analyse niṣīditvā*si
  • siṃhanādam -
  • siṃhanāda (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • idam -
  • idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • nadet -
  • nad (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 16.34

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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