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).

स राज आसीत्तदा अब्धवीर्यो अनन्यकर्माणि दशद्दिशासु ।
परिपूर्ण कल्पान सहस्रखिन्नो यावत्सूत्रं लब्धवान् धर्मनामम् ॥ ४६ ॥

sa rāja āsīttadā abdhavīryo ananyakarmāṇi daśaddiśāsu |
paripūrṇa kalpāna sahasrakhinno yāvatsūtraṃ labdhavān dharmanāmam || 46 ||

That king meanwhile, strenuously and without engaging in other pursuits, roamed in every direction during thousands of kotis of complete Aeons without being able to obtain the Sutra called Dharma.

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

Raja, Raj, Tada, Dhu, Ananya, Karman, Dashat, Disha, Paripurna, Kalpa, Sahasra, Khinna, Yavat, Sutra, Labdhavat, Dharman, Ama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 11.46). 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: “sa rāja āsīttadā abdhavīryo ananyakarmāṇi daśaddiśāsu
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • rāja* -
  • rāja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    rāj (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    rāj (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • āsīt -
  • ās (verb class 2)
    [aorist active third single], [injunctive active third single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • tadā* -
  • tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • ab -
  • ap (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • dhavī -
  • dhu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • īryo -
  • ananya -
  • ananya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ananya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • karmāṇi -
  • karman (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • daśad -
  • daśat (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    daśat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    daśat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • diśāsu -
  • diśā (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
  • Line 2: “paripūrṇa kalpāna sahasrakhinno yāvatsūtraṃ labdhavān dharmanāmam
  • paripūrṇa -
  • paripūrṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    paripūrṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kalpān -
  • kalpa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sahasra -
  • sahasra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sahasra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • khinno* -
  • khinna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    khid -> khinna (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √khid class 4 verb], [nominative single from √khid class 6 verb], [nominative single from √khid class 7 verb]
  • yāvat -
  • yāvat (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yāvat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yāvat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    yāvat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • sūtram -
  • sūtra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • labdhavān -
  • labdhavat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    labh -> labdhavat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √labh class 1 verb]
  • dharman -
  • dharman (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [vocative single]
  • āmam -
  • āma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    āma (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    āmā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 11.46

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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