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).

पिता च तं शोचति तस्मि काले पलायितं ज्ञात्व स्वकं हि पुत्रम् ।
शोचन्तु सो दिग्विदिशासु अञ्चे वर्षाणि पञ्चाशदनूनकानि ॥ ४ ॥

pitā ca taṃ śocati tasmi kāle palāyitaṃ jñātva svakaṃ hi putram |
śocantu so digvidiśāsu añce varṣāṇi pañcāśadanūnakāni || 4 ||

The father was sorry to perceive that his son had run away and in his sorrow roamed the country in all directions during no less than fifty years.

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

Pitri, Shocat, Kale, Kala, Palayita, Jna, Svaka, Putra, Sah, Dish, Vidisha, Varsha, Pancashat, Anunaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 4.4). 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: “pitā ca taṃ śocati tasmi kāle palāyitaṃ jñātva svakaṃ hi putram
  • pitā -
  • pitṛ (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tam -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • śocati -
  • śuc -> śocat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √śuc class 1 verb]
    śuc -> śocat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √śuc class 1 verb]
    śuc (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • Cannot analyse tasmi*kā
  • kāle -
  • kāle (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kāla (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kāla (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kālā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • palāyitam -
  • palāyita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    palāyita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    palāyitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • jñāt -
  • jña (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    jña (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • va -
  • va (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • svakam -
  • svaka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    svaka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    svakā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • putram -
  • putra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    putra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    putrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “śocantu so digvidiśāsu añce varṣāṇi pañcāśadanūnakāni
  • śocantu -
  • śuc (verb class 1)
    [imperative active third plural]
  • so* -
  • saḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dig -
  • diś (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • vidiśāsu -
  • vidiśā (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
  • añce -
  • añc (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
  • varṣāṇi -
  • varṣa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    vṛṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active first single]
  • pañcāśad -
  • pañcāśat (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • anūnakāni -
  • anūnaka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 4.4

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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