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).

आरामाश्चंक्रमा दत्ताः पुष्पारामोपशोभिताः ।
बहु उच्छदकाश्चैव बहुरूपविचित्रिताः ॥ ४६ ॥

ārāmāścaṃkramā dattāḥ puṣpārāmopaśobhitāḥ |
bahu ucchadakāścaiva bahurūpavicitritāḥ || 46 ||

He has given hermitages and walks embellished by flower-gardens; many elegant objects of various forms and variegated.

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

Arama, Cankrama, Datta, Pushparama, Upashobhita, Bahu, Ucchat, Aka, Bahurupa, Vicitrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 16.46). 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: “ārāmāścaṃkramā dattāḥ puṣpārāmopaśobhitāḥ
  • ārāmāś -
  • ārāma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • caṅkramā* -
  • caṅkrama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    caṅkramā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • dattāḥ -
  • datta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    dattā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • puṣpārāmo -
  • puṣpārāma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • upaśobhitāḥ -
  • upaśobhita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    upaśobhitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “bahu ucchadakāścaiva bahurūpavicitritāḥ
  • bahu -
  • bahu (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    bahu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    bahu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bahu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ucchad -
  • vas -> ucchat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √vas class 6 verb], [vocative single from √vas class 6 verb], [accusative single from √vas class 6 verb]
  • akā -
  • aka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ak (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • bahurūpa -
  • bahurūpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bahurūpa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vicitritāḥ -
  • vicitrita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vicitritā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 16.46

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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