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).

त्रिंशत्सहस्राः परिपूर्णकोट्यो जिनानयं द्रक्ष्यति काश्यपो ह्ययम् ।
चरिष्यती तत्र च ब्रह्मचर्यं बौद्धस्य ज्ञानस्य कृतेन भिक्षवः ॥ २ ॥

triṃśatsahasrāḥ paripūrṇakoṭyo jinānayaṃ drakṣyati kāśyapo hyayam |
cariṣyatī tatra ca brahmacaryaṃ bauddhasya jñānasya kṛtena bhikṣavaḥ || 2 ||

This Kasyapa shall see fully thirty thousand kotis of Ginas, under whom he shall lead a spiritual life for the sake of Buddha-knowledge.

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

Trimshat, Sahasra, Paripurna, Koti, Kotya, Jinana, Yah, Drakshyat, Kashyapa, Aya, Idam, Tatra, Brahmacarya, Bauddha, Jnana, Kritena, Krita, Bhikshu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 6.2). 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: “triṃśatsahasrāḥ paripūrṇakoṭyo jinānayaṃ drakṣyati kāśyapo hyayam
  • triṃśat -
  • triṃśat (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • sahasrāḥ -
  • sahasra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • paripūrṇa -
  • paripūrṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    paripūrṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • koṭyo* -
  • koṭī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    koṭya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kuṭ -> koṭya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √kuṭ class 4 verb], [nominative single from √kuṭ class 6 verb]
  • jināna -
  • ji -> jināna (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ji class 9 verb]
    ji -> jināna (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ji class 9 verb]
  • yam -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • drakṣyati -
  • dṛś -> drakṣyat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
    dṛś -> drakṣyat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
    dṛś (verb class 1)
    [future active third single]
  • kāśyapo* -
  • kāśyapa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • hya -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • ayam -
  • aya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “cariṣyatī tatra ca brahmacaryaṃ bauddhasya jñānasya kṛtena bhikṣavaḥ
  • cariṣyatī -
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • brahmacaryam -
  • brahmacarya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • bauddhasya -
  • bauddha (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    bauddha (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • jñānasya -
  • jñāna (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • kṛtena -
  • kṛtena (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kṛta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    kṛta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [instrumental single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [instrumental single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [instrumental single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
    kṛ -> kṛta (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [instrumental single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [instrumental single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [instrumental single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
  • bhikṣavaḥ -
  • bhikṣu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 6.2

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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