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).

न च ताव दिव्यस्मि करोति यत्नं प्रकृत्य संतिष्ठति श्रोत्रमेतत् ।
सूत्रं हि यो धारयते विशारदो गुणा स्य एतादृशका भवन्ति ॥ २१ ॥

na ca tāva divyasmi karoti yatnaṃ prakṛtya saṃtiṣṭhati śrotrametat |
sūtraṃ hi yo dhārayate viśārado guṇā sya etādṛśakā bhavanti || 21 ||

The divine ear is not yet operating in him; his ear continues in its natural state. Such as here told are the good qualities belonging to the wise man who shall be a keeper of this Sutra.

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

Div, Divi, Divya, Karoti, Yatna, Sat, Tishthat, Shrotra, Etad, Sutra, Yah, Dharayat, Visharada, Guna, Sya, Etadrisha, Bhavanti, Bhavat, Bhavant,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 18.21). 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: “na ca tāva divyasmi karoti yatnaṃ prakṛtya saṃtiṣṭhati śrotrametat
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tāva -
  • divya -
  • divi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    divī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    divya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    divya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    div -> divya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √div]
    div (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • asmi -
  • as (verb class 2)
    [present active first single]
  • karoti -
  • karoti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    karoti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    karoti (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    kṛ (verb class 8)
    [present active third single]
  • yatnam -
  • yatna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • prakṛtya -
  • san -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    sat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
    sam (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • tiṣṭhati -
  • sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
    sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
    sthā (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • śrotram -
  • śrotra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • etat -
  • etad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    etad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “sūtraṃ hi yo dhārayate viśārado guṇā sya etādṛśakā bhavanti
  • sūtram -
  • sūtra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • yo* -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dhārayate -
  • dhārayat (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    dhārayat (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    dhṛ -> dhārayat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √dhṛ]
    dhṛ -> dhārayat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √dhṛ]
    dhṛ (verb class 0)
    [present middle third single]
  • viśārado* -
  • viśārada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • guṇā -
  • guṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sya* -
  • sya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • etādṛśa -
  • etādṛśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    etādṛśa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kā* -
  • kās (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bhavanti -
  • bhavanti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bhavantī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 18.21

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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