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).

उपसंक्रमित्वा च ममैव अन्तिके कृताञ्जलीः सर्वि स्थिताः सगौरवाः ।
येही श्रुतो धर्म जिनान आसीत् उपायकौशल्यु बहुप्रकारम् ॥ १२९ ॥

upasaṃkramitvā ca mamaiva antike kṛtāñjalīḥ sarvi sthitāḥ sagauravāḥ |
yehī śruto dharma jināna āsīt upāyakauśalyu bahuprakāram || 129 ||

And when such as had heard the law of the Ginas, owing to the many-sidedness of (their) skilfulness, had approached me and stood before my face, all of them with joined hands, and respectful;

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

Asmad, Mama, Antike, Antika, Kritanjali, Sthita, Sagu, Aurava, Yah, Yat, Shrut, Shruta, Dharma, Dharman, Jinana, Upaya, Bahuprakara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 2.129). 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: “upasaṃkramitvā ca mamaiva antike kṛtāñjalīḥ sarvi sthitāḥ sagauravāḥ
  • Cannot analyse upasaṅkramitvā*ca
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mamai -
  • asmad (pronoun, none)
    [genitive single]
    mamā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 3)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 4)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • antike -
  • antike (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    antika (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    antika (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    antikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • kṛtāñjalīḥ -
  • kṛtāñjali (noun, feminine)
    [accusative plural]
  • sarvi -
  • sthitāḥ -
  • sthita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sthitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sthā class 1 verb]
    sthā -> sthitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √sthā class 1 verb]
  • sagau -
  • sagu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    sagu (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    sag (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • auravāḥ -
  • aurava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • Line 2: “yehī śruto dharma jināna āsīt upāyakauśalyu bahuprakāram
  • 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]
  • ihī -
  • śruto* -
  • śrut (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    śrut (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    śrut (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    śruta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śru -> śruta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √śru class 5 verb]
  • dharma -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • jināna* -
  • ji -> jināna (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √ji class 9 verb]
  • āsīt -
  • ās (verb class 2)
    [aorist active third single], [injunctive active third single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • upāya -
  • upāya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kauśalyu -
  • bahuprakāram -
  • bahuprakāra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bahuprakāra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    bahuprakārā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 2.129

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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