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 5.17

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बलाहका बकाश्चैव दृश्यंतेयत्र संततम् ।
आग्नेयीसाक्षितीज्ञेयातत्रदाः कामदाश्शिलाः. ॥ 17 ॥

balāhakā bakāścaiva dṛśyaṃteyatra saṃtatam |
āgneyīsākṣitījñeyātatradāḥ kāmadāśśilāḥ. || 17 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 5.17 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:
Buy now! English translation by Swami Harshananda (2002)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (5.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Balahaka, Baka, Yatra, Santata, Agneyi, Akshit, Akshiti, Jneya, Atra, Kamada, Shila,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 5.17). 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: “balāhakā bakāścaiva dṛśyaṃteyatra saṃtatam ”
balāhakā* -
balāhaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

balāhakā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
bakāś -
baka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

bakā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
dṛśyante -
√dṛś (verb class 1)

[present passive third plural]
yatra -
yatra (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yatra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yatra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
santatam -
santata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

santata (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

santatā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “āgneyīsākṣitījñeyātatradāḥ kāmadāśśilāḥ. ”
āgneyī -
āgneyī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]
sā -
sā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
akṣitī -
akṣit (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

akṣiti (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

akṣiti (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
jñeyāt -
jñeya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

jñeya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√jñā -> jñeya (participle, masculine)

[ablative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [ablative single from √jñā class 9 verb]

√jñā -> jñeya (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [ablative single from √jñā class 9 verb]
atra -
atra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

atra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

atra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dāḥ -
da (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

dā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

dā (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [nominative plural], [vocative single], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
kāmadāś -
kāmada (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kāmadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
śilāḥ -
śila (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śilā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021