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).

लभित्व सो पश्चिमकं समुच्छ्रयं परिशुद्धक्षेत्रस्मि जिनो भविष्यति ।
परिपूरयित्वा इममेव ज्ञानं देशेष्यते प्राणिसहस्रकोटिनाम् ॥ २७ ॥

labhitva so paścimakaṃ samucchrayaṃ pariśuddhakṣetrasmi jino bhaviṣyati |
paripūrayitvā imameva jñānaṃ deśeṣyate prāṇisahasrakoṭinām || 27 ||

In his last bodily existence he shall be a Gina, in a thoroughly pure field, and after acquiring full knowledge he shall preach to a thousand kotis of living beings.

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

Bhid, Bhit, Pashcima, Kah, Samucchraya, Parishuddha, Ksha, Kshi, Tri, Tra, Jina, Bhavishyat, Pari, Idam, Eva, Jnana, Desha, Ishyat, Pra, Pran, Pranin, Sahasrakoti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 6.27). 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: “labhitva so paścimakaṃ samucchrayaṃ pariśuddhakṣetrasmi jino bhaviṣyati
  • la -
  • la (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhit -
  • bhid (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    bhid (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    bhid (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    bhit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    bhit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    bhit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • va -
  • va (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • so -
  • so (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
  • paścima -
  • paścima (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    paścima (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • kam -
  • ka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • samucchrayam -
  • samucchraya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    samucchraya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    samucchrayā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • pariśuddha -
  • pariśuddha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pariśuddha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kṣe -
  • kṣa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kṣa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kṣi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • tra -
  • tṛ (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    tra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • asmi -
  • as (verb class 2)
    [present active first single]
  • jino* -
  • ji (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    jina (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhaviṣyati -
  • bhaviṣyat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhaviṣyat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [future active third single]
  • Line 2: “paripūrayitvā imameva jñānaṃ deśeṣyate prāṇisahasrakoṭinām
  • pari -
  • pari (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    pari (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pari (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    pari (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    pari (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    parī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    parī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    parī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • pūrayitvā -
  • pṝ -> pūrayitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √pṝ]
  • imam -
  • idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jñānam -
  • jñāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    jñānā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • deśe -
  • deśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    deśā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • iṣyate -
  • iṣ -> iṣyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √iṣ class 4 verb]
    iṣ -> iṣyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √iṣ class 4 verb]
    iṣ (verb class 6)
    [present passive third single]
    iṣ (verb class 1)
    [present passive third single]
    iṣ (verb class 4)
    [present passive third single]
    iṣ (verb class 0)
    [present passive third single]
    iṣ (verb class 0)
    [present passive third single]
  • prāṇi -
  • prāṇin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    prāṇin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    prāṇ (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    prāṇ (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [locative single]
    prā (verb class 2)
    [imperative active first single]
  • sahasrakoṭinā -
  • sahasrakoṭī (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sahasrakoṭi (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sahasrakoṭi (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • am -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 6.27

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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