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).

वर्णेन ते कालक तत्र भोन्ति कल्माषका व्राणिक कण्डुलाश्च ।
निर्लोमका दुर्बल भोन्ति भूयो विद्वेषमाणा मम अग्रबोधिम् ॥ ११६ ॥

varṇena te kālaka tatra bhonti kalmāṣakā vrāṇika kaṇḍulāśca |
nirlomakā durbala bhonti bhūyo vidveṣamāṇā mama agrabodhim || 116 ||

Under such circumstances they shall grow blackish of colour, spotted, covered with sores, itchy; moreover, they shall be hairless and feeble, (all) those who have an aversion to my supreme enlightenment.

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

Varna, Tad, Yushmad, Kalaka, Tatra, Kalmasha, Vra, Nika, Kandula, Nirloma, Durbala, Bhuyah, Bhuyas, Vidvesha, Asmad, Agrabodhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 3.116). 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: “varṇena te kālaka tatra bhonti kalmāṣakā vrāṇika kaṇḍulāśca
  • varṇena -
  • varṇa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    varṇa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • kālaka -
  • kālaka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kālaka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Cannot analyse bhonti*ka
  • kalmāṣa -
  • kalmāṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kalmāṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kā* -
  • kās (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vrā -
  • vrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ṇika -
  • ṇika (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ṇika (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kaṇḍulāś -
  • kaṇḍula (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kaṇḍulā (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]
  • Line 2: “nirlomakā durbala bhonti bhūyo vidveṣamāṇā mama agrabodhim
  • nirloma -
  • nirloma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nirloma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kā* -
  • kās (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • durbala -
  • durbala (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    durbala (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse bhonti*bh
  • bhūyo* -
  • bhūyaḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    bhūyas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bhūyas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • vidveṣam -
  • vidveṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • āṇā -
  • mama -
  • asmad (pronoun, none)
    [genitive 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]
  • agrabodhim -
  • agrabodhi (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 3.116

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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