Purushottama-samhita [sanskrit]

15,643 words | ISBN-13: 9788179070383

The Sanskrit text of the Purushottama-samhita, an ancient Vaishnava Agama, belonging to the Pancaratra tradition. Topics include the construction of temples, architecture, iconography, festivals (celebrations of deities and their exploits). Alternative titles: Puruṣottamasaṃhitā (पुरुषोत्तमसंहिता), Purushottamasamhita, Purusottamasamhita, Purusottama, Puruṣottama-saṃhitā (पुरुषोत्तम-संहिता), Śrīpuruṣottamasaṃhitā (श्रीपुरुषोत्तमसंहिता), Shripurushottamasamhita, Shripurushottama Sripurusottamasamhita, Sripurusottama.

Verse 3.2

वसिष्ठ प्रति वचनं देवालय निर्माण फलश्रुतिः ।
वसिष्ठः ।
वासुदेवा द्यालयस्य कृतौ वक्ष्ये फलादिकम् ।
चिकीर्षो र्देवधामादि सहस्रजनिपापनुत् ॥ 2 ॥

vasiṣṭha prati vacanaṃ devālaya nirmāṇa phalaśrutiḥ |
vasiṣṭhaḥ |
vāsudevā dyālayasya kṛtau vakṣye phalādikam |
cikīrṣo rdevadhāmādi sahasrajanipāpanut || 2 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 3.2 is contained in the book The Pancaratra Agamas (an Introduction) by Swami Harshananda. This book is not available online so in order to read the full text and translation you should buy the book:

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

Vasishtha, Prati, Vacana, Devalaya, Nirmana, Phala, Shruti, Vasudeva, Alaya, Krit, Krita, Kriti, Vakshya, Adika, Sahasra, Jani, Papa, Nud,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 3.2). 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: “vasiṣṭha prati vacanaṃ devālaya nirmāṇa phalaśrutiḥ
  • vasiṣṭha -
  • vasiṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vasiṣṭha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prati -
  • prati (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    prati (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    pratī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    pratī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    pratī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • vacanam -
  • vacana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vacana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vacanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • devālaya -
  • devālaya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nirmāṇa -
  • nirmāṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • phala -
  • phala (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    phala (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    phal (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • śrutiḥ -
  • śruti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “vasiṣṭhaḥ
  • vasiṣṭhaḥ -
  • vasiṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 3: “vāsudevā dyālayasya kṛtau vakṣye phalādikam
  • vāsudevā* -
  • vāsudeva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vāsudevā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • dyā -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ālayasya -
  • ālaya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • kṛtau -
  • kṛt (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kṛti (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    kṛti (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative dual from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb]
  • vakṣye -
  • vakṣ -> vakṣya (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √vakṣ class 1 verb], [locative single from √vakṣ]
    vakṣ -> vakṣya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √vakṣ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √vakṣ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √vakṣ class 1 verb], [locative single from √vakṣ class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √vakṣ], [vocative dual from √vakṣ], [accusative dual from √vakṣ], [locative single from √vakṣ]
    vakṣ -> vakṣyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √vakṣ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vakṣ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √vakṣ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √vakṣ class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √vakṣ], [vocative single from √vakṣ], [vocative dual from √vakṣ], [accusative dual from √vakṣ]
    vah (verb class 1)
    [future middle first single]
    vakṣ (verb class 1)
    [present passive first single]
    vakṣ (verb class 0)
    [present passive first single]
  • phalā -
  • phala (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    phala (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    phalā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    phal (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • adikam -
  • adika (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    adika (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 4: “cikīrṣo rdevadhāmādi sahasrajanipāpanut
  • cikīrṣo* -
  • Cannot analyse rdevadhāmādi*sa
  • sahasra -
  • sahasra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sahasra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jani -
  • jani (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    janī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • pāpa -
  • pāpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pāpa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nut -
  • nud (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    nud (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
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