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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 11.5
वेदीं निर्माय परितः दिक्षु कुंडानि कल्पयेत् ।
चतुरश्रकुंड लक्षणं ।
हस्तमात्रं खने द्भूमिं चतुरश्रं यथा भवेत्. ॥ 5 ॥
vedīṃ nirmāya paritaḥ dikṣu kuṃḍāni kalpayet |
caturaśrakuṃḍa lakṣaṇaṃ |
hastamātraṃ khane dbhūmiṃ caturaśraṃ yathā bhavet. || 5 ||
The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 11.5 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 (11.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Vedi, Nirmaya, Paritah, Paritas, Dish, Dikshu, Kunda, Caturashra, Lakshana, Hasta, Atra, Khana, Khani, Yatha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 11.5). 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: “vedīṃ nirmāya paritaḥ dikṣu kuṃḍāni kalpayet ”
- vedīm -
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vedī (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- nirmāya -
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nirmāya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]nirmāya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- paritaḥ -
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paritaḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]paritas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- dikṣu -
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dikṣu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]dikṣu (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]dikṣu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]diś (noun, feminine)[locative plural]
- kuṇḍāni -
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kuṇḍa (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√kuṇḍ (verb class 1)[imperative active first single]
- kalpayet -
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√kḷp (verb class 0)[optative active third single]
- Line 2: “caturaśrakuṃḍa lakṣaṇaṃ ”
- caturaśra -
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caturaśra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]caturaśra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kuṇḍa -
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kuṇḍa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]kuṇḍa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√kuṇḍ (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- lakṣaṇam -
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lakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]lakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]lakṣaṇā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 3: “hastamātraṃ khane dbhūmiṃ caturaśraṃ yathā bhavet. ”
- hastam -
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hasta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]hasta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]hastā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ātram -
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ātra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- khane -
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khana (noun, masculine)[locative single]khana (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]khanā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]khani (noun, feminine)[vocative single]khani (noun, masculine)[vocative single]√khan (verb class 1)[present middle first single]
- Cannot analyse dbhūmim*ca
- caturaśram -
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caturaśra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]caturaśra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]caturaśrā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- yathā -
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yathā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]yathā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- bhavet -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[optative active third single]