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).

चौक्षं चासौ चीवर प्रावरित्वा सुरक्तरङ्गं सुप्रशस्तरङ्गैः ।
आसेवकां कृष्ण तथाददित्वा महाप्रमाणं च निवासयित्वा ॥ २७ ॥

caukṣaṃ cāsau cīvara prāvaritvā suraktaraṅgaṃ supraśastaraṅgaiḥ |
āsevakāṃ kṛṣṇa tathādaditvā mahāpramāṇaṃ ca nivāsayitvā || 27 ||

He puts on a clean, nice, red robe, dyed with good colours, and a black woollen garment and a long undergarment;

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

Cauksha, Casa, Civara, Pravari, Tva, Yushmad, Surakta, Ranga, Suprashasta, Asa, Vaka, Krishna, Tatha, Mahapramana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 13.27). 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: “caukṣaṃ cāsau cīvara prāvaritvā suraktaraṅgaṃ supraśastaraṅgaiḥ
  • caukṣam -
  • caukṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    caukṣa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    caukṣā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • cāsau -
  • cāsa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • cīvara -
  • cīvara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    cīvara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prāvari -
  • prāvarī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • tvā -
  • tvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative single]
  • surakta -
  • surakta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    surakta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • raṅgam -
  • raṅga (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    raṅga (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    raṅgā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • supraśasta -
  • supraśasta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    supraśasta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • raṅgaiḥ -
  • raṅga (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    raṅga (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Line 2: “āsevakāṃ kṛṣṇa tathādaditvā mahāpramāṇaṃ ca nivāsayitvā
  • āse -
  • āsa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    āsa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    ās (verb class 2)
    [present middle first single], [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
  • vakām -
  • vakā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • kṛṣṇa -
  • kṛṣṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kṛṣṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tathād -
  • tatha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    tatha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • adi -
  • ad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ad (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • tvā* -
  • tvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • mahāpramāṇam -
  • mahāpramāṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    mahāpramāṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    mahāpramāṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ni -
  • ni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ni (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • vāsayitvā -
  • vās -> vāsayitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √vās]
    vas -> vāsayitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √vas]
    vas -> vāsayitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √vas]
    vas -> vāsayitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √vas]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 13.27

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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