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).

दुःखेन संपीडित ये च सत्त्वा जातीजराखिन्नमना अजानकाः ।
तेषां प्रकाशेन्ति प्रशान्तनिर्वृतिं दुःखस्य अन्तो अयु भिक्षवे ति ॥ ९ ॥

duḥkhena saṃpīḍita ye ca sattvā jātījarākhinnamanā ajānakāḥ |
teṣāṃ prakāśenti praśāntanirvṛtiṃ duḥkhasya anto ayu bhikṣave ti || 9 ||

And to the ignorant creatures who are oppressed with toils and distressed in mind by birth and old age, they announce the bliss of Rest, saying: This is the end of trouble, O monks.

English translation by H. Kern (2013) Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (1.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Duhkha, Sampidita, Yah, Yat, Sattva, Jati, Jara, Akhinna, Ana, Aja, Aka, Tad, Prashanta, Nirvriti, Antu, Bhikshu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 1.9). 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: “duḥkhena saṃpīḍita ye ca sattvā jātījarākhinnamanā ajānakāḥ
  • duḥkhena -
  • duḥkha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    duḥkha (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • sampīḍita -
  • sampīḍita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sampīḍita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • 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]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sattvā* -
  • sattva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • jātī -
  • jātī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    jāti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • jarā -
  • jara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jarā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    jṛ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
    jṝ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • akhinnam -
  • akhinna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    akhinna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    akhinnā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • anā* -
  • ana (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • ajān -
  • aja (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • akā -
  • aka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ak (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • aḥ -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “teṣāṃ prakāśenti praśāntanirvṛtiṃ duḥkhasya anto ayu bhikṣave ti
  • teṣām -
  • tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • Cannot analyse prakāśenti*pr
  • praśānta -
  • praśānta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    praśānta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nirvṛtim -
  • nirvṛti (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    nirvṛti (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • duḥkhasya -
  • duḥkha (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    duḥkha (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • anto -
  • antu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yu -
  • yu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    yu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    yu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • bhikṣave -
  • bhikṣu (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • Cannot analyse ti

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 1.9

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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