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).

यदि वा भवेद् बुद्ध नरेन्द्रराजा उत्पन्नु लोकस्मि कहिंचिदद्य ।
यस्यो निमित्तं इममेवरूपं श्रिया दशो दिक्षु ज्वलन्ति अद्य ॥ २० ॥

yadi vā bhaved buddha narendrarājā utpannu lokasmi kahiṃcidadya |
yasyo nimittaṃ imamevarūpaṃ śriyā daśo dikṣu jvalanti adya || 20 ||

Or should it be the Buddha, the king of kings, who to-day has been born somewhere in the world, and whose birth is announced by such a token that all the points of the horizon are now blazing in splendour?

English translation by H. Kern (2013) Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (7.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yadi, Yad, Var, Buddha, Narendra, Uksh, Yasya, Nimitta, Idam, Eva, Rupa, Shri, Shriya, Dasha, Dish, Dikshu, Jvalanti, Jvalat, Adya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 7.20). 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: “yadi bhaved buddha narendrarājā utpannu lokasmi kahiṃcidadya
  • yadi -
  • yadi (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    yadi (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yadi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • vā* -
  • vār (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vār (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bhaved -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • buddha -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    buddha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • narendra -
  • narendra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rājā* -
  • Cannot analyse utpannu*lo
  • lo -
  • la (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    lo (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • uk -
  • ukṣ (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    ukṣ (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • asmi -
  • as (verb class 2)
    [present active first single]
  • Cannot analyse kahiñcidadya
  • Line 2: “yasyo nimittaṃ imamevarūpaṃ śriyā daśo dikṣu jvalanti adya
  • yasyo* -
  • yasya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • nimittam -
  • nimitta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • imam -
  • idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rūpam -
  • rūpa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    rūpa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    rūpā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • śriyā* -
  • śrī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    śrī (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    śriyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    śriya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • daśo* -
  • daśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dikṣu -
  • dikṣu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    dikṣu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    dikṣu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    diś (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
  • jvalanti -
  • jvalantī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    jvalat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    jval -> jvalat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √jval class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √jval class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √jval class 1 verb]
    jval -> jvalantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √jval class 1 verb]
    jval (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • adya -
  • adya (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    adya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    adya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 7.20

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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