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).

सो चा तही भोति कृताञ्जलिस्थितो अभिष्टुवन्तो द्विपदुत्तमं मुनिम् ।
सो चा जिनो भाषति अग्रधर्मं चतुर्ण पर्षाण महाभिषटूकः ॥ ६३ ॥

so cā tahī bhoti kṛtāñjalisthito abhiṣṭuvanto dvipaduttamaṃ munim |
so cā jino bhāṣati agradharmaṃ caturṇa parṣāṇa mahābhiṣaṭūkaḥ || 63 ||

And he stands there with joined hands glorifying the Seer, the highest of men, whilst the Gina, the great physician, is expounding the law to the four classes.

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

Bha, Bhu, Kritanjali, Abhishtuvat, Uttamam, Uttama, Muni, Jina, Agradharma, Parsha, Mahabhisha, Kah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 13.63). 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: “so tahī bhoti kṛtāñjalisthito abhiṣṭuvanto dvipaduttamaṃ munim
  • so -
  • so (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
  • -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ta -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • -
  • bho -
  • bha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    bhā (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    bhu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    bhu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • ūti -
  • ūti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ūti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • kṛtāñjali -
  • kṛtāñjali (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    kṛtāñjali (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    kṛtāñjali (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • sthito -
  • abhiṣṭuvanto* -
  • abhiṣṭuvat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • dvipad -
  • dvipad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    dvipad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • uttamam -
  • uttamam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    uttama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    uttama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    uttamā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • munim -
  • muni (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “so jino bhāṣati agradharmaṃ caturṇa parṣāṇa mahābhiṣaṭūkaḥ
  • so -
  • so (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
  • cā* -
  • ca (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • jino* -
  • ji (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    jina (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhā -
  • bha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    bhā (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • aṣati -
  • aṣ (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • agradharmam -
  • agradharma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • catur -
  • catur (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • ṇa -
  • ṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • parṣā -
  • parṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    parṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    parṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    pṛṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
    parṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • aṇa -
  • aṇ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • mahābhiṣa -
  • mahābhiṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ṭū -
  • ṭu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • kaḥ -
  • kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 13.63

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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