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).

स्त्रीति नाचरते धीरो पुरुषेति न कल्पयेत् ।
सर्वधर्म अजातत्वाद् गवेषन्तो न पश्यति ॥ १७ ॥

strīti nācarate dhīro puruṣeti na kalpayet |
sarvadharma ajātatvād gaveṣanto na paśyati || 17 ||

When the wise man does not remark, “This is a woman,” nor marks,“This is a man;” when in searching he finds no laws (or things), because they have never existed;

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

Stri, Nri, Acarat, Acarata, Purusha, Iti, Ajata, Tva, Gava, Ishat, Pashyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 13.17). 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: “strīti nācarate dhīro puruṣeti na kalpayet
  • strī -
  • stṛ (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    strī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • īti -
  • īti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • -
  • 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]
  • acarate -
  • acarat (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    acarat (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    acaratā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • dhīro -
  • puruṣe -
  • puruṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    puruṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    puruṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kalpayet -
  • kḷp (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “sarvadharma ajātatvād gaveṣanto na paśyati
  • sarvadharma -
  • sarvadharman (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • ajāta -
  • ajāta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ajāta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tvād -
  • tva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • gave -
  • gava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    gava (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    go (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [instrumental single], [dative single]
    gu (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    gavā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    gu (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single], [imperative active second single]
  • īṣanto* -
  • īṣat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • paśyati -
  • paśyat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    paśyat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 13.17

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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