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).

वादापिता झल्लरियो ऽपि येहि जलमण्डका चर्पटमण्डका वा ।
सुगतान उद्दिश्यथ पूजनार्थं गीतं सुगीतं मधुरं मनोज्ञम् ॥ ९२ ॥

vādāpitā jhallariyo 'pi yehi jalamaṇḍakā carpaṭamaṇḍakā vā |
sugatāna uddiśyatha pūjanārthaṃ gītaṃ sugītaṃ madhuraṃ manojñam || 92 ||

Those who to celebrate the Sugatas made thoughts, one shall in course of time see kotis of Buddhas.

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

Vada, Apita, Jhallari, Yah, Api, Yat, Jala, Carpata, Andaka, Sugata, Uddishya, Uddish, Atha, Pujana, Artha, Gita, Sugita, Madhuram, Madhura, Manojna,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 2.92). 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: “vādāpitā jhallariyo 'pi yehi jalamaṇḍakā carpaṭamaṇḍakā
  • vādā -
  • vāda (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vāda (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vādā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • apitā* -
  • apitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • jhallari -
  • jhallarī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • yo' -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    yu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • ye -
  • (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ihi -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second single]
  • jalam -
  • jala (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    jala (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    jalā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • aṇḍakā -
  • carpaṭam -
  • carpaṭa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    carpaṭa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    carpaṭā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • aṇḍakā* -
  • aṇḍaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • Line 2: “sugatāna uddiśyatha pūjanārthaṃ gītaṃ sugītaṃ madhuraṃ manojñam
  • sugatān -
  • sugata (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • a*u -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    i (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • ud -
  • uddiśya -
  • uddiśya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    uddiś (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • atha -
  • atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • pūjanā -
  • pūjana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pūjanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • artham -
  • artha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    artha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • gītam -
  • gīta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    gīta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    gītā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • sugītam -
  • sugīta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • madhuram -
  • madhuram (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    madhura (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    madhura (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    madhurā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • manojñam -
  • manojña (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    manojña (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    manojñā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 2.92

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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