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).

मेघस्वर दुन्दुभिस्वरो जलधरगर्जित ब्रह्मसुस्वरः ।
स्वरमण्डलपारमिंगतः स्मरणीयो अवलोकितेश्वरः ॥ २४ ॥

meghasvara dundubhisvaro jaladharagarjita brahmasusvaraḥ |
svaramaṇḍalapāramiṃgataḥ smaraṇīyo avalokiteśvaraḥ || 24 ||

One should think of Avalokitesvara,whose sound is as the cloud'sand the drum's, who thunders like a rain-cloud, possesses a good voice like Brahma, (a voice) going through the whole gamut of tones.

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

Meghasvara, Dundubhisvara, Jaladhara, Garjita, Brahman, Brahmasu, Svara, Svaramandala, Para, Ingat, Avalokiteshvara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 24.24). 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: “meghasvara dundubhisvaro jaladharagarjita brahmasusvaraḥ
  • meghasvara -
  • meghasvara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dundubhisvaro* -
  • dundubhisvara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • jaladhara -
  • jaladhara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • garjita -
  • garjita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    garjita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • brahmasu -
  • brahmasū (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    brahman (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • svaraḥ -
  • svara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “svaramaṇḍalapāramiṃgataḥ smaraṇīyo avalokiteśvaraḥ
  • svaramaṇḍala -
  • svaramaṇḍala (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pāram -
  • pāra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pāra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pārā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • iṅgataḥ -
  • iṅg -> iṅgat (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √iṅg class 1 verb], [ablative single from √iṅg class 1 verb], [genitive single from √iṅg class 1 verb]
    iṅg -> iṅgat (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √iṅg class 1 verb], [genitive single from √iṅg class 1 verb]
    iṅg (verb class 1)
    [present active third dual]
  • smaraṇīyo -
  • avalokiteśvaraḥ -
  • avalokiteśvara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 24.24

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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