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).

उपसंक्रमित्वा तद भिक्षु अन्यान् उपलम्भदृष्टीन तथैव भिक्षुणी ।
परिभाव मह्यं न कदाचिदस्ति यूयं हि चर्यां चरथाग्रबोधये ॥ ३ ॥

upasaṃkramitvā tada bhikṣu anyān upalambhadṛṣṭīna tathaiva bhikṣuṇī |
paribhāva mahyaṃ na kadācidasti yūyaṃ hi caryāṃ carathāgrabodhaye || 3 ||

Other monks and nuns who did not believe but in what they saw, he would approach (and say): I never am to contemn you, for you observe the course leading to supreme enlightenment.

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

Tada, Bhikshu, Upalambhadrishti, Tatha, Bhikshuni, Paribhava, Mahya, Asmad, Kadacit, Asti, Yuya, Yushmad, Cari, Carya, Caratha, Agrabodhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 19.3). 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: “upasaṃkramitvā tada bhikṣu anyān upalambhadṛṣṭīna tathaiva bhikṣuṇī
  • Cannot analyse upasaṅkramitvā*ta
  • tada -
  • tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhikṣu -
  • bhikṣu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bhikṣu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • anyān -
  • upalambhadṛṣṭīn -
  • upalambhadṛṣṭi (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tathai -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tatha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • bhikṣuṇī -
  • bhikṣuṇī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    bhikṣu (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 2: “paribhāva mahyaṃ na kadācidasti yūyaṃ hi caryāṃ carathāgrabodhaye
  • paribhāva -
  • paribhāva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mahyam -
  • mahya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    mahya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    mahyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    mah -> mahya (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √mah]
    mah -> mahya (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √mah]
    mah -> mahyā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √mah]
    mah -> mahya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √mah class 10 verb], [accusative single from √mah]
    mah -> mahya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √mah class 10 verb], [accusative single from √mah class 10 verb], [nominative single from √mah], [accusative single from √mah]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kadācid -
  • kadācit (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
  • asti -
  • asti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    astī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    astī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    astī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [present active third single]
  • yūyam -
  • yu -> yūya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √yu class 2 verb], [accusative single from √yu class 6 verb], [accusative single from √yu class 9 verb]
    yu -> yūya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √yu class 2 verb], [accusative single from √yu class 2 verb], [nominative single from √yu class 6 verb], [accusative single from √yu class 6 verb], [nominative single from √yu class 9 verb], [accusative single from √yu class 9 verb]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative plural]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • caryām -
  • carī (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    caryā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • carathā -
  • caratha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    caratha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    carathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    car (verb class 1)
    [present active second plural]
  • agrabodhaye -
  • agrabodhi (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 19.3

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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