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).

रसेषु गृद्ध सक्ताश्च गृहीणां धर्म देशयी ।
सत्कृताश्च भविष्यन्ति षडभिज्ञा यथा तथा ॥ ६ ॥

raseṣu gṛddha saktāśca gṛhīṇāṃ dharma deśayī |
satkṛtāśca bhaviṣyanti ṣaḍabhijñā yathā tathā || 6 ||

And persons greedily attached to enjoyments will preach the law to laymen and be honoured as if they possessed the six transcendent qualities.

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

Rasa, Griddha, Sakta, Grihi, Dharma, Dharman, Shayi, Shayin, Satkrita, Bhavishyanti, Bhavishyat, Shadabhijna, Yatha, Tatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 12.6). 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: “raseṣu gṛddha saktāśca gṛhīṇāṃ dharma deśayī
  • raseṣu -
  • rasa (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
  • gṛddha -
  • gṛddha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    gṛddha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • saktāś -
  • sakta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    saktā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    sag -> sakta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √sag class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sag class 1 verb]
    sag -> saktā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √sag class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sag class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √sag class 1 verb]
    saj -> sakta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √saj class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √saj class 1 verb]
    saj -> saktā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √saj class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √saj class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √saj class 1 verb]
    sañj -> sakta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √sañj class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sañj class 1 verb]
    sañj -> saktā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √sañj class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sañj class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √sañj class 1 verb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • gṛhīṇām -
  • gṛhī (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    gṛhī (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
    gṛhī (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • dharma -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • de -
  • da (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    da (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • śayī -
  • śayi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    śayi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    śayin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “satkṛtāśca bhaviṣyanti ṣaḍabhijñā yathā tathā
  • satkṛtāś -
  • satkṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    satkṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhaviṣyanti -
  • bhaviṣyantī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    bhaviṣyat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [future active third plural]
  • ṣaḍabhijñā* -
  • ṣaḍabhijña (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 12.6

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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