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).

सहिताः सर्वि मार्गामो नैतत् कारणमल्पकम् ।
न खल्वेतादृशं पूर्वं निमित्तं जातु दृश्यते ॥ २९ ॥

sahitāḥ sarvi mārgāmo naitat kāraṇamalpakam |
na khalvetādṛśaṃ pūrvaṃ nimittaṃ jātu dṛśyate || 29 ||

Let us all together go and search; no trifle can be the cause of it; such a foretoken, indeed, was never seen before.

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

Sahita, Nri, Etad, Karana, Alpakam, Alpaka, Khalu, Khalva, Etadrish, Etadrisha, Purvam, Purva, Nimitta, Jatu, Drishyata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 7.29). 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: “sahitāḥ sarvi mārgāmo naitat kāraṇamalpakam
  • sahitāḥ -
  • sahita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sahitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    sah -> sahita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √sah class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sah class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √sah class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √sah class 10 verb]
    sah -> sahitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √sah class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sah class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √sah class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √sah class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √sah class 10 verb], [accusative plural from √sah class 10 verb]
  • sarvi -
  • mārgāmo* -
  • mārg (verb class 1)
    [present active first plural]
  • nai -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    nṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • etat -
  • etad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    etad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • kāraṇam -
  • kāraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kāraṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • alpakam -
  • alpakam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    alpaka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    alpaka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “na khalvetādṛśaṃ pūrvaṃ nimittaṃ jātu dṛśyate
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • khalve -
  • khalu (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    khalu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    khalu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    khalu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    khalva (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • etādṛśam -
  • etādṛśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    etādṛśa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    etādṛś (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • pūrvam -
  • pūrvam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pūrva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pūrva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • nimittam -
  • nimitta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • jātu -
  • jātu (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    jātu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    jātu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    jātu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    jātū (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    jātū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    jātū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • dṛśyate -
  • dṛśyatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    dṛś (verb class 1)
    [present passive third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 7.29

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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