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).

अनास्रवं धर्म प्रजानमाना निर्वाणप्राप्ता विहरन्ति ये नराः ।
षडभिज्ञ त्रैविद्य भवन्ति ये च सा क्षुद्रिका ओषधि संप्रवुत्ता ॥ २९ ॥

anāsravaṃ dharma prajānamānā nirvāṇaprāptā viharanti ye narāḥ |
ṣaḍabhijña traividya bhavanti ye ca sā kṣudrikā oṣadhi saṃpravuttā || 29 ||

Small plants are called the men who walk in the knowledge of the law, which is free from evil after the attaining of Nirvana, who possess the six transcendent faculties and the triple science.

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

Anasrava, Dharma, Dharman, Ana, Nirvana, Prapta, Viharat, Viharanti, Yah, Yat, Nara, Shadabhijna, Traividya, Bhavanti, Bhavat, Bhavant, Kshudrika, Oshadhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 5.29). 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: “anāsravaṃ dharma prajānamānā nirvāṇaprāptā viharanti ye narāḥ
  • anāsravam -
  • anāsrava (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    anāsrava (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    anāsravā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • dharma -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • prajānam -
  • prajānā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ānā* -
  • āna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • nirvāṇa -
  • nirvāṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nirvāṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prāptā* -
  • prāpta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    prāptā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • viharanti -
  • viharanti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    viharanti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    viharanti (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    viharantī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    viharantī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    viharantī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    viharat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • narāḥ -
  • nara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    narā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “ṣaḍabhijña traividya bhavanti ye ca kṣudrikā oṣadhi saṃpravuttā
  • ṣaḍabhijña -
  • ṣaḍabhijña (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • traividya -
  • traividya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    traividya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhavanti -
  • bhavanti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bhavantī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • kṣudrikā* -
  • kṣudrikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • oṣadhi -
  • oṣadhi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    oṣadhī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse sampravuttā

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 5.29

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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