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).

अनुपूर्व पुण्येन कृतेन तेन प्रकाशयित्वा इमु सूत्र नित्यम् ।
बोधिं स संप्राप्त जिनस्य पुत्रो अहमेव सो शाक्यमुनिस्तदासीत् ॥ ७ ॥

anupūrva puṇyena kṛtena tena prakāśayitvā imu sūtra nityam |
bodhiṃ sa saṃprāpta jinasya putro ahameva so śākyamunistadāsīt || 7 ||

Owing to the successive good actions performed by him, and to his constantly promulgating this Sutra, that son of Gina reached enlightenment. That Bodhisattva then is myself, Sakyamuni.

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

Anupurva, Punya, Kritena, Krita, Tad, Tena, Pra, Sutra, Nityam, Nitya, Bodhi, Samprapta, Jina, Aha, Asmad, Eva, Shakyamuni, Tada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 19.7). 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: “anupūrva puṇyena kṛtena tena prakāśayitvā imu sūtra nityam
  • anupūrva -
  • anupūrva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    anupūrva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • puṇyena -
  • puṇya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    puṇya (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
  • kṛtena -
  • kṛtena (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kṛta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    kṛta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [instrumental single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [instrumental single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [instrumental single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
    kṛ -> kṛta (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [instrumental single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [instrumental single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [instrumental single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
  • tena -
  • tena (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    tan (verb class 8)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 4)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • pra -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kāśayitvā -
  • kāś -> kāśayitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kāś]
  • Cannot analyse imu*sū
  • sūtra -
  • sūtra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nityam -
  • nityam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nitya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nitya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nityā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “bodhiṃ sa saṃprāpta jinasya putro ahameva so śākyamunistadāsīt
  • bodhim -
  • bodhi (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • samprāpta -
  • samprāpta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samprāpta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jinasya -
  • jina (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    jina (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • putro -
  • aham -
  • aha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • so -
  • so (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
  • śākyamunis -
  • śākyamuni (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tadā -
  • tadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tadā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • āsīt -
  • ās (verb class 2)
    [aorist active third single], [injunctive active third single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 19.7

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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