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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.
Chapter 9
oṃ |
śrīmatpāṃcarātre śrīpuruṣottamasaṃhitāyāṃ |
navamodhyāyaḥ |
rathādiyānalakṣaṇavidhiḥ |
rathalakṣaṇaṃ |
ślo. rathasya lakṣaṇaṃ vakṣye devadevasya śārṅgiṇaḥ |
vimānocchrāyamānaṃvāgopurocchrāyamevanā. || 1 ||
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dhvajastaṃbhasamucchrāyaṃmaṃṭapocchrāya mevanā |
lohena dāruṇā vāpi kāraye dratha muttamam. || 2 ||
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aṃtassāraṃ dārujaṃ celloha ścaॆtsvarṇarājitam |
adhikapāṭhāni |
kāṃsyena vā dhanākuryāt yathāvittānusārataḥ |
navaratnaiścakhacitaṃ dvārastaṃbhaśatāvṛtam. || 3 ||
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ṣoḍaśadvādaśāṣṭau vā yathā vibhavavistaram |
bhūrādinapta vā kuryā datalādi caturdaśa. || 4 ||
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bhūrbhuvassuva ri tyādilokatrayatalaṃ yathā |
ucchrāya syānuguṇyena āyāmaṃ parikalpayet. || 5 ||
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bhūmikāyā śca prathame bhāge sakrāṇi kalpayet |
pārśvayo rubhayoḥ kuryādrathasyānuguṇaṃyathā. || 6 ||
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tadagre ca śikhākuṃbhaṃ cakreṇojvalitaṃ mahat |
ghaṃṭāśatasamāyuktaṃ patāka dhvajaśobhitam. || 7 ||
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hayā nvā dviradā nvāpi prāgbhāge parikalpayet |
tasmadhye sārathiṃ sthāpyatotraṃ vāṃkuśadhāriṇam. || 8 ||
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citraracanā |
atalādipade tattallokasthān parikalpayet |
nāgā nyakṣānkinnarāṃśca gaṃdharvān garuḍastathā. || 9 ||
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siddhā nvidyādharāṃ caiva devadānavarākṣasān |
piśācā nguhyagā ssādhyānmunī nparamavaiṣṇavān. || 10 ||
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rāmakṛṣṇādi vibhaguvanmūrtilīlāḥprakalpayet |
rathamadhyapīṭha lakṣaṇaṃ |
tanmadhye vedikāyāṃ tu kūrmapīṭhaṃ prakalpayet. || 11 ||
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tasyopari hyanaṃtaṃ ca sahasraphaṇimaṃḍitam |
kalpayitmādha tanmadhye ḍūlikāṃ svarṇanirmitām. || 12 ||
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tanmadhyeṣṭadaḷaṃ padmaṃ karṇikā kesarānvitam |
āsīnārthaṃ tu devasya svarṇapīṭhaṃ prakalpayet. || 13 ||
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rathanirmāṇaphala viśeṣaḥ |
evaṃ kṛtvā rathaṃ divyaṃ viṣṇo ratulatejasaḥ |
yerpayaṃ tyatibhaktyātu teyāṃti paramaṃpadam. || 14 ||
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taditaravāhanāni tallakṣaṇānica |
ataḥparaṃ prapakṣyāmi vāhanānāṃ ca lakṣaṇam |
pīṭha māditya somaṃ ca siṃhavyānikhagādhipāḥ. || 15 ||
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hanūmānhaṃsa mattebhā hayasyaṃdana eva ca |
śibikāṃ sarvabhūpālavāhanāni yathākramam |
garbhālayasamaṃ vā vāhanāni ca kārayet. || 16 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Purushottama-samhita Chapter 9
The Pancaratra Agamas (an Introduction)
by Swami Harshananda (2002)
[Publisher: Ramakrishna Math, Bangalore]
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