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).

बहू पि कल्पान सहस्रकोट्यो वदेय वर्णं सुगतात्मजानाम् ।
ये धारयिष्यन्तिम सूत्रमग्रं परिनिर्वृते लोकविनायकस्मिन् ॥ ५ ॥

bahū pi kalpāna sahasrakoṭyo vadeya varṇaṃ sugatātmajānām |
ye dhārayiṣyantima sūtramagraṃ parinirvṛte lokavināyakasmin || 5 ||

Even if I continued for thousands of kotis of Aeons speaking the praise of those sons of Sugata who shall keep this eminent Sutra after thc extinction of the Leader of the world,

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

Bahu, Kalpa, Sahasrakoti, Varna, Sugata, Yah, Yat, Dharayishyat, Dharayishyanti, Sutra, Agram, Agra, Parinirvrita, Parinirvriti, Loka, Vina, Kah, Kim,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 20.5). 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: “bahū pi kalpāna sahasrakoṭyo vadeya varṇaṃ sugatātmajānām
  • bahū -
  • bahu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Cannot analyse pi*ka
  • kalpān -
  • kalpa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sahasrakoṭyo* -
  • sahasrakoṭī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    sahasrakoṭī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • vadeya -
  • vad (verb class 1)
    [optative middle first single]
  • varṇam -
  • varṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    varṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    varṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    varṇan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    varṇan (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
  • sugatāt -
  • sugata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    sugata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ma -
  • ma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jānām -
  • ja (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    ja (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • Line 2: “ye dhārayiṣyantima sūtramagraṃ parinirvṛte lokavināyakasmin
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • dhārayiṣyanti -
  • dhṛ -> dhārayiṣyantī (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √dhṛ]
    dhṛ -> dhārayiṣyat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √dhṛ], [vocative plural from √dhṛ], [accusative plural from √dhṛ]
    dhṛ -> dhārayiṣyantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √dhṛ]
    dhṛ (verb class 0)
    [future active third plural]
  • ma -
  • ma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sūtram -
  • sūtra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • agram -
  • agram (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    agra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    agra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    agrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • parinirvṛte -
  • parinirvṛta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    parinirvṛta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    parinirvṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    parinirvṛti (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • loka -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vināya -
  • vina (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    vina (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • kasmin -
  • ka (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [locative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 20.5

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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