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 5.57

अधस्था च्छे च्छिरोभागो विपत्यो नेत्र दंष्ट्रयोः ।
महाकुंभस्थतोयेनस्नापयेत्संभृतांशिलाम्. ॥ 57 ॥

adhasthā cche cchirobhāgo vipatyo netra daṃṣṭrayoḥ |
mahākuṃbhasthatoyenasnāpayetsaṃbhṛtāṃśilām. || 57 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 5.57 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 (5.57). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Adhah, Adhas, Ccha, Vipad, Yah, Netra, Damshtra, Mah, Maha, Akumbha, Tha, Toya, Sna, Sambhrita, 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 5.57). 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: “adhasthā cche cchirobhāgo vipatyo netra daṃṣṭrayoḥ
  • adhas -
  • adhaḥ (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    adhaḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    adhas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • thā -
  • cche -
  • ccha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ccha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • Cannot analyse cchirobhāgo*vi
  • vipat -
  • vipad (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • yo* -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • netra -
  • netra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    netra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • daṃṣṭrayoḥ -
  • daṃṣṭra (noun, masculine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    daṃṣṭrā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
  • Line 2: “mahākuṃbhasthatoyenasnāpayetsaṃbhṛtāṃśilām.
  • mahā -
  • maha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    maha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mahat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    mah (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    mahā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    mah (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • akumbhas -
  • akumbha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tha -
  • tha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • toyena -
  • toya (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • snā -
  • snā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • āpayet -
  • āp (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
    i (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • sambhṛtāṃ -
  • sambhṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • śilām -
  • śilā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
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