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).

वस्त्राण कोटीशत ते ददन्ति सहस्रकोटीशतमूल्य केचित् ।
अनर्घमूल्यांश्च ददन्ति वस्त्रान् सशिष्यसंघान जिनान संमुखम् ॥ ३७ ॥

vastrāṇa koṭīśata te dadanti sahasrakoṭīśatamūlya kecit |
anarghamūlyāṃśca dadanti vastrān saśiṣyasaṃghāna jināna saṃmukham || 37 ||

Others offer in presence of the Ginas and the assemblage of disciples hundreds of kotis of clothes, worth thousands of kotis, and garments of priceless value.

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

Vastri, Vastra, Kotishata, Tad, Yushmad, Sahasrakoti, Kah, Kim, Cit, Anargha, Uli, Sashishya, Sangha, Jinana, Mukha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 1.37). 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: “vastrāṇa koṭīśata te dadanti sahasrakoṭīśatamūlya kecit
  • vastrā -
  • vastṛ (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [instrumental single]
    vastṛ (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vastra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vastrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • āṇa -
  • aṇ (verb class 1)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
    aṇ (verb class 4)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
  • koṭīśata -
  • koṭīśata (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    koṭīśata (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • dadanti -
  • (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
    dad (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • sahasrakoṭī -
  • sahasrakoṭī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    sahasrakoṭī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    sahasrakoṭi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sahasrakoṭi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • śatamūlya -
  • 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]
  • cit -
  • 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]
  • Line 2: “anarghamūlyāṃśca dadanti vastrān saśiṣyasaṃghāna jināna saṃmukham
  • anargham -
  • anargha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    anargha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    anarghā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ūlyā -
  • ūlī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single]
  • āṃś -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dadanti -
  • (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
    dad (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • vastrān -
  • saśiṣya -
  • saśiṣya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saśiṣya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • saṅghān -
  • saṅgha (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jināna -
  • ji -> jināna (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ji class 9 verb]
    ji -> jināna (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ji class 9 verb]
  • saṃ -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • mukham -
  • mukha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    mukha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 1.37

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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