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).

सचेह त्वं सादृशकेहि पण्डितैः पूर्णा भवेयुर्दशा पि द्दिशायो ।
ये चापि मह्यं इमि श्रावकान्ये तेषां पि पूर्णा भवि एवमेव ॥ १० ॥

saceha tvaṃ sādṛśakehi paṇḍitaiḥ pūrṇā bhaveyurdaśā pi ddiśāyo |
ye cāpi mahyaṃ imi śrāvakānye teṣāṃ pi pūrṇā bhavi evameva || 10 ||

Even if the ten points of space were full of sages like thee, ay, if they were full of such as the rest of my disciples,

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

Saca, Saci, Iha, Tva, Yushmad, Sadrisha, Kah, Kim, Pandita, Purna, Dasha, Dashan, Yah, Yat, Capin, Capi, Mahya, Asmad, Shravaka, Tad, Bhavin, Evam, Eva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 2.10). 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: “saceha tvaṃ sādṛśakehi paṇḍitaiḥ pūrṇā bhaveyurdaśā pi ddiśāyo
  • sace -
  • sacā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sacā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    saca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    saca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sacā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    saci (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    saci (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    sac (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
  • iha -
  • iha (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • tvam -
  • tva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • sādṛśa -
  • sādṛśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sādṛśa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ke -
  • (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    ka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ihi -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second single]
  • paṇḍitaiḥ -
  • paṇḍita (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    paṇḍita (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    paṇḍ -> paṇḍita (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental plural from √paṇḍ class 1 verb], [instrumental plural from √paṇḍ class 10 verb]
    paṇḍ -> paṇḍita (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental plural from √paṇḍ class 1 verb], [instrumental plural from √paṇḍ class 10 verb]
  • pūrṇā* -
  • pūrṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    pūrṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    pṝ -> pūrṇa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √pṝ class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √pṝ class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √pṝ class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √pṝ class 6 verb], [nominative plural from √pṝ class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √pṝ class 9 verb]
    pṝ -> pūrṇā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √pṝ class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √pṝ class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √pṝ class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √pṝ class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √pṝ class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √pṝ class 6 verb], [nominative plural from √pṝ class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √pṝ class 9 verb], [accusative plural from √pṝ class 9 verb]
  • bhaveyur -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third plural]
  • daśā -
  • daśā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    daśan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse pi*dd
  • Cannot analyse ddiśāyo
  • Line 2: “ye cāpi mahyaṃ imi śrāvakānye teṣāṃ pi pūrṇā bhavi evameva
  • 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]
  • cāpi -
  • cāpin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    cāpī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    cāpī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    cāpi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • mahyam -
  • mahya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    mahya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    mahyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    mah -> mahya (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √mah]
    mah -> mahya (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √mah]
    mah -> mahyā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √mah]
    mah -> mahya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √mah class 10 verb], [accusative single from √mah]
    mah -> mahya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √mah class 10 verb], [accusative single from √mah class 10 verb], [nominative single from √mah], [accusative single from √mah]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single]
  • Cannot analyse imi*śr
  • śrāvakān -
  • śrāvaka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • 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]
  • teṣām -
  • tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • Cannot analyse pi*pū
  • pūrṇā* -
  • pūrṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    pūrṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    pṝ -> pūrṇa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √pṝ class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √pṝ class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √pṝ class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √pṝ class 6 verb], [nominative plural from √pṝ class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √pṝ class 9 verb]
    pṝ -> pūrṇā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √pṝ class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √pṝ class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √pṝ class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √pṝ class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √pṝ class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √pṝ class 6 verb], [nominative plural from √pṝ class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √pṝ class 9 verb], [accusative plural from √pṝ class 9 verb]
  • bhavi -
  • bhavin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bhavin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • evam -
  • evam (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    evam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 2.10

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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