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).

आश्चर्य धर्मः सुगतेन श्रावितो न जातु अस्माभिः श्रुतैष पूर्वम् ।
महात्मता यादृशि नायकानां आयुष्प्रमाणं च यथा अनन्तम् ॥ १ ॥

āścarya dharmaḥ sugatena śrāvito na jātu asmābhiḥ śrutaiṣa pūrvam |
mahātmatā yādṛśi nāyakānāṃ āyuṣpramāṇaṃ ca yathā anantam || 1 ||

Wonderful is the law which the Sugata has expounded, the law we never heard before; how great the majesty of the Leaders is, and how infinite the duration of their life!

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

Ashcarya, Dharma, Sugata, Shravitri, Shravita, Jatu, Asmad, Shrut, Shruta, Aisha, Purvam, Purva, Mahatman, Tas, Yadrish, Yadrishi, Nayaka, Ayushpramana, Yatha, Ananta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 16.1). 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: “āścarya dharmaḥ sugatena śrāvito na jātu asmābhiḥ śrutaiṣa pūrvam
  • āścarya -
  • āścarya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āścarya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dharmaḥ -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sugatena -
  • sugata (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sugata (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • śrāvito* -
  • śrāvitṛ (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    śrāvita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śru -> śrāvita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √śru]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jātu -
  • jātu (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    jātu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    jātu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    jātu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    jātū (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    jātū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    jātū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • asmābhiḥ -
  • asmad (pronoun, none)
    [instrumental plural]
  • śrutai -
  • śruta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śruta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śrut (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    śrut (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    śrut (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    śrutā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    śru -> śruta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √śru class 5 verb]
    śru -> śruta (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √śru class 5 verb]
    śru -> śrutā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √śru class 5 verb]
  • aiṣa -
  • aiṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pūrvam -
  • pūrvam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pūrva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pūrva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “mahātmatā yādṛśi nāyakānāṃ āyuṣpramāṇaṃ ca yathā anantam
  • mahātma -
  • mahātman (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    mahātman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tā* -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • yādṛśi -
  • yādṛśī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    yādṛś (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    yādṛś (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • nāyakānām -
  • nāyaka (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    nāyaka (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • āyuṣpramāṇam -
  • āyuṣpramāṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    āyuṣpramāṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • anantam -
  • ananta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ananta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    anantā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 16.1

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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