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).

पञ्चाशिमो यश्च परंपरायां सूत्रस्यिमस्यो शृणुतेकगाथाम् ।
अनुमोदयित्वा च प्रसन्नचित्तः शृणुष्व पुण्यं भवि यत्तकं तत् ॥ २ ॥

pañcāśimo yaśca paraṃparāyāṃ sūtrasyimasyo śṛṇutekagāthām |
anumodayitvā ca prasannacittaḥ śṛṇuṣva puṇyaṃ bhavi yattakaṃ tat || 2 ||

Listen how great the merit is of one who, the fiftieth in the series (of tradition), hears a single stanza from this Sutra and with placid mind joyfully adopts it.

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

Pancashi, Yah, Parampara, Gatha, Anuma, Udayin, Udayi, Tva, Yushmad, Prasanna, Citta, Punya, Bhavin, Yatta, Kah, Tat, Tad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 17.2). 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: “pañcāśimo yaśca paraṃparāyāṃ sūtrasyimasyo śṛṇutekagāthām
  • pañcāśi -
  • pañcāśī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • mo* -
  • ma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • yaś -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • paramparāyām -
  • paramparā (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • Cannot analyse sūtrasyimasyo*śṛ
  • śṛṇu -
  • śru (verb class 5)
    [imperative active second single]
  • teka -
  • tak (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tak (verb class 2)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tik (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • gāthām -
  • gāthā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “anumodayitvā ca prasannacittaḥ śṛṇuṣva puṇyaṃ bhavi yattakaṃ tat
  • anumo -
  • anumā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    nu (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first plural]
  • udayi -
  • udayin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    udayin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    udayī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    udayī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    udayī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tvā -
  • tvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prasanna -
  • prasanna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prasanna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • cittaḥ -
  • citta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    cit (verb class 2)
    [present active third dual]
  • śṛṇu -
  • śru (verb class 5)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ṣva -
  • puṇyam -
  • puṇya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    puṇya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    puṇyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √puṇ class 10 verb], [accusative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
  • bhavi -
  • bhavin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bhavin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • yatta -
  • yatta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yatta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yat -> yatta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √yat class 1 verb]
    yat -> yatta (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √yat class 1 verb]
  • kam -
  • ka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 17.2

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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