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).

युष्माक खेदं च मया वित्दिवा निवर्तनं मा च भविष्यतीति ।
उपायकौशल्यमिदं ममेति जनेथ वीर्यं गमनाय द्वीपम् ॥ १०२ ॥

yuṣmāka khedaṃ ca mayā vitdivā nivartanaṃ mā ca bhaviṣyatīti |
upāyakauśalyamidaṃ mameti janetha vīryaṃ gamanāya dvīpam || 102 ||

“On seeing you fatigued, I have, lest you should go back, made use of this device; now strain your energy to reach the Isle”.

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

Yushmaka, Kheda, Maya, Vid, Vidh, Diva, Nivartana, Asmad, Bhavishyat, Iti, Upayakaushalya, Idam, Mama, Han, Virya, Gamana, Dvipa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 7.102). 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: “yuṣmāka khedaṃ ca mayā vitdivā nivartanaṃ ca bhaviṣyatīti
  • yuṣmāka -
  • yuṣmāka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yuṣmāka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • khedam -
  • kheda (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    khedā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mayā* -
  • maya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    mayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vit -
  • vid (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vid (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vidh (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vidh (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • divā* -
  • divā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • nivartanam -
  • nivartana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nivartana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nivartanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • -
  • (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhaviṣyatī -
  • bhaviṣyat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhaviṣyat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [future active third single]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • Line 2: “upāyakauśalyamidaṃ mameti janetha vīryaṃ gamanāya dvīpam
  • upāyakauśalyam -
  • upāyakauśalya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • idam -
  • idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • mame -
  • asmad (pronoun, none)
    [genitive single]
    mamā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    (verb class 2)
    [perfect active second plural], [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
    (verb class 3)
    [perfect active second plural], [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
    (verb class 4)
    [perfect active second plural], [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
    (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural], [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • janet -
  • jan (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • ha -
  • ha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    han (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • vīryam -
  • vīrya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vīryā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    vīr -> vīrya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √vīr class 10 verb]
    vīr -> vīrya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √vīr class 10 verb], [accusative single from √vīr class 10 verb]
  • gamanāya -
  • gamana (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    gamana (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • dvīpam -
  • dvīpa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dvīpa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 7.102

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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