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).

पुरुषश्च सो कोशबली भवेत सुवर्णरूप्यामणिमुक्तकस्य ।
हिरण्य दासाश्च अनल्पकाः स्युरुपस्थपे एकविधा स याना ॥ ७९ ॥

puruṣaśca so kośabalī bhaveta suvarṇarūpyāmaṇimuktakasya |
hiraṇya dāsāśca analpakāḥ syurupasthape ekavidhā sa yānā || 79 ||

Now the man (as we have supposed) had a mighty treasure of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; he possessed bullion, numerous slaves, domestics, and vehicles of various kinds;

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

Purusha, Kosha, Balin, Bali, Suvarna, Rupya, Ani, Ukta, Kah, Kim, Hiranya, Dasa, Analpa, Upastha, Ekavidha, Yana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 3.79). 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: “puruṣaśca so kośabalī bhaveta suvarṇarūpyāmaṇimuktakasya
  • puruṣaś -
  • puruṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • so -
  • so (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
  • kośa -
  • kośa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • balī -
  • balī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    balī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    balin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    bali (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • bhaveta -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active second plural]
  • suvarṇa -
  • suvarṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    suvarṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rūpyām -
  • rūpyā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    rūp -> rūpyā (participle, feminine)
    [accusative single from √rūp class 10 verb]
  • aṇim -
  • aṇi (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • ukta -
  • ukta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ukta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vac -> ukta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √vac class 2 verb], [vocative single from √vac class 3 verb]
    vac -> ukta (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √vac class 2 verb], [vocative single from √vac class 3 verb]
  • kasya -
  • kas -> kasya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kas]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    ka (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “hiraṇya dāsāśca analpakāḥ syurupasthape ekavidhā sa yānā
  • hiraṇya -
  • hiraṇya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    hiraṇya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dāsāś -
  • dāsa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    dāsā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • analpa -
  • analpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    analpa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kāḥ -
  • kās (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • syur -
  • as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third plural]
  • upastha -
  • upastha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    upastha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pe -
  • pa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    pa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • ekavidhā -
  • ekavidhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • yānā -
  • yānā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 3.79

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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