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).

यस्मिंश्च स्तूपं पुरुषोत्तमस्य कारापयेच्चित्रसुदर्शनीयम् ।
उद्दिश्य बुद्धं भगवन्त नायकं पूजां च चित्रां तहि कारयेत्तथा ॥ ६१ ॥

yasmiṃśca stūpaṃ puruṣottamasya kārāpayeccitrasudarśanīyam |
uddiśya buddhaṃ bhagavanta nāyakaṃ pūjāṃ ca citrāṃ tahi kārayettathā || 61 ||

There one should build a Stupa for the most high of men, a splendid, beautiful (Stupa), dedicated to the Lord Buddha, the Chief, and then worship it in manifold ways.

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

Yah, Yat, Stupa, Purushottama, Kara, Citra, Sudarshaniya, Uddishya, Buddha, Bhagavanta, Nayaka, Puja, Tatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 16.61). 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: “yasmiṃśca stūpaṃ puruṣottamasya kārāpayeccitrasudarśanīyam
  • yasmiṃś -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • stūpam -
  • stūpa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • puruṣottamasya -
  • puruṣottama (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • kārā -
  • kāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kāra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kārā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • āpayec -
  • āp (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
    i (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • citra -
  • citra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    citra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sudarśanīyam -
  • sudarśanīya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sudarśanīya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sudarśanīyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “uddiśya buddhaṃ bhagavanta nāyakaṃ pūjāṃ ca citrāṃ tahi kārayettathā
  • uddiśya -
  • uddiśya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • buddham -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    buddha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    buddhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • bhagavanta -
  • bhagavanta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nāyakam -
  • nāyaka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nāyaka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • pūjām -
  • pūjā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • citrām -
  • citrā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • ta -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • kārayet -
  • kṛ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 16.61

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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