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).

ददन्ति दानानि तथैव केचिद् धनं हिरण्यं रजतं सुवर्णम् ।
मुक्तामणिं शङ्खशिलाप्रवालं दासांश्च दासी रथअश्वएडकान् ॥ १४ ॥

dadanti dānāni tathaiva kecid dhanaṃ hiraṇyaṃ rajataṃ suvarṇam |
muktāmaṇiṃ śaṅkhaśilāpravālaṃ dāsāṃśca dāsī rathaaśvaeḍakān || 14 ||

There are some who charitably bestow wealth, gold, silver, gold money, pearls, jewels, conch shells, stones', coral, male and female slaves, horses, and sheep;

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

Dana, Tatha, Kah, Kim, Cit, Dhana, Hiranya, Rajata, Suvarna, Muktamani, Shankhashila, Pravala, Dasa, Dasi, Ratha, Ashva, Edaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 1.14). 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: “dadanti dānāni tathaiva kecid dhanaṃ hiraṇyaṃ rajataṃ suvarṇam
  • dadanti -
  • (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
    dad (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • dānāni -
  • dāna (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    dān (verb class 1)
    [imperative active first 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]
  • ke -
  • ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    ka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • cid -
  • cit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • dhanam -
  • dhana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dhana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • hiraṇyam -
  • hiraṇya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    hiraṇya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    hiraṇyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • rajatam -
  • rajata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    rajata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    rajatā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    raj (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second dual]
    rañj (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second dual]
  • suvarṇam -
  • suvarṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    suvarṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    suvarṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “muktāmaṇiṃ śaṅkhaśilāpravālaṃ dāsāṃśca dāsī rathaaśvaeḍakān
  • muktāmaṇim -
  • muktāmaṇi (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • śaṅkhaśilā -
  • śaṅkhaśilā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • pravālam -
  • pravāla (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pravāla (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • dāsāṃś -
  • dāsa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dāsī -
  • dāsī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • ratha -
  • ratha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • aśva -
  • aśva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • eḍakān -
  • eḍaka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 1.14

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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