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).

भवथाप्रमत्ता अधिमुक्तिसारा अभियुज्यथा मह्य इमस्मि शासने ।
सुदुर्लभा भोन्ति जिना महर्षयः कल्पान कोटीनयुतान अत्ययात् ॥ ८० ॥

bhavathāpramattā adhimuktisārā abhiyujyathā mahya imasmi śāsane |
sudurlabhā bhonti jinā maharṣayaḥ kalpāna koṭīnayutāna atyayāt || 80 ||

“Be zealous and strong in persuasion; apply yourselves to my lessons; (for) the Ginas, the great seers, are but rarely met with in the lapse of myriads of kotis of Aeons”.

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

Apramatta, Sara, Abhiyuj, Atha, Mahya, Shasana, Jina, Maharshi, Kalpa, Koti, Nayuta, Atyaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 1.80). 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: “bhavathāpramattā adhimuktisārā abhiyujyathā mahya imasmi śāsane
  • bhavathā -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [present active second plural]
  • apramattā* -
  • apramatta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    apramattā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • adhimukti -
  • adhimukti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • sārā* -
  • sāra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sārā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • abhiyujya -
  • abhiyuj (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • athā -
  • athā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • mahya*i -
  • mahya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    mahya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    mahyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    mah -> mahya (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √mah class 10 verb], [locative single from √mah]
    mah -> mahya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √mah class 10 verb], [vocative dual from √mah class 10 verb], [accusative dual from √mah class 10 verb], [locative single from √mah class 10 verb], [nominative dual from √mah], [vocative dual from √mah], [accusative dual from √mah], [locative single from √mah]
    mah -> mahyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √mah class 10 verb], [vocative single from √mah class 10 verb], [vocative dual from √mah class 10 verb], [accusative dual from √mah class 10 verb], [nominative dual from √mah], [vocative single from √mah], [vocative dual from √mah], [accusative dual from √mah]
    maṃh (verb class 10)
    [present passive first single]
    mah (verb class 1)
    [present passive first single]
    mah (verb class 10)
    [present passive first single]
    mah (verb class 0)
    [present passive first single]
  • im -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • im -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • asmi -
  • as (verb class 2)
    [present active first single]
  • śāsane -
  • śāsana (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    śāsana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    śāsanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 2: “sudurlabhā bhonti jinā maharṣayaḥ kalpāna koṭīnayutāna atyayāt
  • sudurlabhā* -
  • Cannot analyse bhonti*ji
  • jinā* -
  • jina (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    jinā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • maharṣayaḥ -
  • maharṣi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • kalpān -
  • kalpa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • koṭī -
  • koṭī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    koṭi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • nayutān -
  • nayuta (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • atyayāt -
  • atyaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 1.80

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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