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).

तदेव परिपूर्ण निमित्तमद्य उपायकौशल्य विनायकानाम् ।
संस्थापनं कुर्वति शाक्यसिंहो भाषिष्यते धर्मस्वभावमुद्राम् ॥ ९८ ॥

tadeva paripūrṇa nimittamadya upāyakauśalya vināyakānām |
saṃsthāpanaṃ kurvati śākyasiṃho bhāṣiṣyate dharmasvabhāvamudrām || 98 ||

That very sign displayed at present is a proof of the skilfulness of the leaders; the Lion of the Sakyas is to make an exhortation, to declare the fixed nature of the law.

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

Tada, Iva, Paripurna, Nimitta, Adya, Upayakaushalya, Vinayaka, Samsthapana, Kurvat, Kurvati, Shakyasimha, Dharmasvabhava, Udra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 1.98). 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: “tadeva paripūrṇa nimittamadya upāyakauśalya vināyakānām
  • tade -
  • tadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tadā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • iva -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • paripūrṇa -
  • paripūrṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    paripūrṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nimittam -
  • nimitta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • adya* -
  • adya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 4)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • upāyakauśalya -
  • upāyakauśalya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vināyakānām -
  • vināyaka (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    vināyaka (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    vināyakā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • Line 2: “saṃsthāpanaṃ kurvati śākyasiṃho bhāṣiṣyate dharmasvabhāvamudrām
  • saṃsthāpanam -
  • saṃsthāpana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    saṃsthāpanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • kurvati -
  • kurvat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kurvat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    kṛ -> kurvat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
    kṛ -> kurvat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
    kṛ -> kurvatī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
  • śākyasiṃho* -
  • śākyasiṃha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhāṣiṣyate -
  • bhāṣ (verb class 1)
    [future middle third single]
  • dharmasvabhāvam -
  • dharmasvabhāva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dharmasvabhāva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • udrā -
  • udra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    udra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • am -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 1.98

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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