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).

पुरुषात्मभावं च यद लभन्ते ते कुण्ठका लङ्गक भोन्ति तत्र ।
कुब्जाथ काणा च जडा जघन्या अश्रद्दधन्ता इम सूत्र मह्यम् ॥ १२२ ॥

puruṣātmabhāvaṃ ca yada labhante te kuṇṭhakā laṅgaka bhonti tatra |
kubjātha kāṇā ca jaḍā jaghanyā aśraddadhantā ima sūtra mahyam || 122 ||

And whenever they assume a human shape, they are born crippled, maimed, crooked, one-eyed, blind, dull, and low, they having no faith in my Sutra.

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

Purusha, Purushad, Bhava, Yat, Yad, Tad, Yushmad, Kunthaka, Langa, Tatra, Kubja, Han, Kana, Jada, Sutra, Mahya, Asmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 3.122). 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: “puruṣātmabhāvaṃ ca yada labhante te kuṇṭhakā laṅgaka bhonti tatra
  • puruṣāt -
  • puruṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    puruṣa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    puruṣād (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    puruṣād (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ma -
  • ma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhāvam -
  • bhāva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bhū -> bhāvam (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √bhū]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yad -
  • yat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • labhante -
  • labh (verb class 1)
    [present middle third plural]
  • 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]
  • kuṇṭhakā* -
  • kuṇṭhaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kuṇṭhakā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • laṅga -
  • laṅga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    laṅga (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    laṅg (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ka -
  • ka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse bhonti*ta
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Line 2: “kubjātha kāṇā ca jaḍā jaghanyā aśraddadhantā ima sūtra mahyam
  • kubjāt -
  • kubja (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    kubja (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ha -
  • ha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    han (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • kāṇā -
  • kāṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jaḍā* -
  • jaḍa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    jaḍā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • jaghanyā* -
  • Cannot analyse aśraddadhantā*im
  • im -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sūtra -
  • sūtra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative 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]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 3.122

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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