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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 5.7
प्रतिमाद्रव्य भेदः ।
रत्नं लोहं शिला मृच्च दारुस्पटिक मेव च ।
सद्द्रव्याणि प्रशस्तानि प्रतिमाकरणेद्विज. ॥ 7 ॥
pratimādravya bhedaḥ |
ratnaṃ lohaṃ śilā mṛcca dāruspaṭika meva ca |
saddravyāṇi praśastāni pratimākaraṇedvija. || 7 ||
The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 5.7 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 (5.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Pratima, Ravya, Bheda, Ratna, Loha, Shila, Mrid, Mridh, Saddravya, Prashasta, Akarana, Akarani, Dvija,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 5.7). 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: “pratimādravya bhedaḥ ”
- pratimād -
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pratima (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]pratima (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- ravya -
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√ru -> ravya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √ru class 1 verb], [vocative single from √ru class 2 verb]√ru -> ravya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √ru class 1 verb], [vocative single from √ru class 2 verb]
- bhedaḥ -
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bheda (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “ratnaṃ lohaṃ śilā mṛcca dāruspaṭika meva ca ”
- ratnam -
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ratna (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ratna (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]ratnā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- loham -
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loha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]loha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]lohā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- śilā* -
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śila (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]śilā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- mṛc -
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mṛd (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]mṛdh (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- Cannot analyse dāruspaṭika*me
- meva -
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√mav (verb class 1)[perfect active second plural]√mev (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- Line 3: “saddravyāṇi praśastāni pratimākaraṇedvija. ”
- saddravyāṇi -
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saddravya (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- praśastāni -
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praśasta (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- pratimā -
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pratima (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pratima (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]pratimā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]pratimā (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- akaraṇe -
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akaraṇa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]akaraṇi (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- dvija -
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dvija (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dvija (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]