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 8.2

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यजमानस्य मानेन कारयेत्त्रिविधं भुवि ।
गर्भालयमानेन विग्रहमानः ।
गर्भालयस्य चायामं नवभागं च गण्यते. ॥ 2 ॥

yajamānasya mānena kārayettrividhaṃ bhuvi |
garbhālayamānena vigrahamānaḥ |
garbhālayasya cāyāmaṃ navabhāgaṃ ca gaṇyate. || 2 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 8.2 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:
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 (8.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yajamana, Mana, Trividha, Bhu, Garbha, Layamana, Vigraha, Ana, Alaya, Navabhaga,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 8.2). 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: “yajamānasya mānena kārayettrividhaṃ bhuvi ”
yajamānasya -
yajamāna (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

yajamāna (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√yaj -> yajamāna (participle, masculine)

[genitive single from √yaj class 1 verb]

√yaj -> yajamāna (participle, neuter)

[genitive single from √yaj class 1 verb]
mānena -
māna (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

māna (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

√man -> māna (participle, masculine)

[instrumental single from √man class 4 verb], [instrumental single from √man class 8 verb]

√man -> māna (participle, neuter)

[instrumental single from √man class 4 verb], [instrumental single from √man class 8 verb]
kārayet -
√kṛ (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]
trividham -
trividha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

trividha (noun, neuter)

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

trividhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
bhuvi -
bhū (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhū (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
Line 2: “garbhālayamānena vigrahamānaḥ ”
garbhā -
garbhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
layamānena -
√lay -> layamāna (participle, masculine)

[instrumental single from √lay class 1 verb]

√lay -> layamāna (participle, neuter)

[instrumental single from √lay class 1 verb]

√lī -> layamāna (participle, masculine)

[instrumental single from √lī class 1 verb]

√lī -> layamāna (participle, neuter)

[instrumental single from √lī class 1 verb]
vigraham -
vigraha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vigraha (noun, neuter)

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

vigrahā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ānaḥ -
āna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√an (verb class 2)

[imperfect active second single]
Line 3: “garbhālayasya cāyāmaṃ navabhāgaṃ ca gaṇyate. ”
garbhā -
garbha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

garbhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
alayasya -
alaya (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

alaya (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
cāyām -
cā (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
am -
a (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ap (noun, feminine)

[compound]

ap (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
navabhāgam -
navabhāga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
gaṇyate -
√gaṇ (verb class 10)

[present passive third single]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021