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).

गङ्गा यथा वालुक अप्रमेया सहस्र षष्टिं तद श्रावयिंसु ।
एकैकु तस्य सुगतस्य पुत्रो विनेति सत्त्वानि अनल्पकानि ॥ ८६ ॥

gaṅgā yathā vāluka aprameyā sahasra ṣaṣṭiṃ tada śrāvayiṃsu |
ekaiku tasya sugatasya putro vineti sattvāni analpakāni || 86 ||

Innumerable as the sands of sixty thousand (rivers like the) Ganges were the beings then taught; each of the sons of the Sugata converted (or trained) endless 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 (7.86). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ganga, Yatha, Valuka, Aprameya, Sahasra, Shashti, Tada, Tad, Sugata, Putra, Vina, Iti, Sattva, Analpa, Kim,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 7.86). 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: “gaṅgā yathā vāluka aprameyā sahasra ṣaṣṭiṃ tada śrāvayiṃsu
  • gaṅgā* -
  • gaṅga (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    gaṅgā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • vāluka -
  • vāluka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vāluka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • aprameyā -
  • aprameyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sahasra -
  • sahasra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sahasra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ṣaṣṭim -
  • ṣaṣṭi (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • tada -
  • tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse śrāvayiṃsu
  • Line 2: “ekaiku tasya sugatasya putro vineti sattvāni analpakāni
  • Cannot analyse ekaiku*ta
  • tasya -
  • tas -> tasya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √tas]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    tas (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • sugatasya -
  • sugata (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    sugata (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • putro* -
  • putra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vine -
  • vinā (indeclinable postposition)
    [indeclinable postposition]
    vina (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    vina (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    vi (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    vi (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single], [dative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single], [dative single]
    vinā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • sattvāni -
  • sattva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • analpa -
  • analpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    analpa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kāni -
  • ka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 7.86

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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