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 13.7

पालिक घटिक शराव लक्षणानि ।
सौवर्णं राजितं चैव ताम्रजं मृण्मयं तुवा ।
पालिकामुखविस्तारं षोडशांगुळ मुच्यते. ॥ 7 ॥

pālika ghaṭika śarāva lakṣaṇāni |
sauvarṇaṃ rājitaṃ caiva tāmrajaṃ mṛṇmayaṃ tuvā |
pālikāmukhavistāraṃ ṣoḍaśāṃguḷa mucyate. || 7 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 13.7 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 (13.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pali, Palin, Ghatika, Sharava, Lakshana, Sauvarna, Rajita, Tamraja, Mrinmaya, Palika, Ukha, Vistara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 13.7). 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: “pālika ghaṭika śarāva lakṣaṇāni
  • pāli -
  • pāli (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    pāli (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    pālī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    pālin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    pālin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ka -
  • ka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ghaṭika -
  • ghaṭika (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ghaṭika (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śarāva -
  • śarāva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • lakṣaṇāni -
  • lakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “sauvarṇaṃ rājitaṃ caiva tāmrajaṃ mṛṇmayaṃ tuvā
  • sauvarṇam -
  • sauvarṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sauvarṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • rājitam -
  • rājita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    rājita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    rājitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    rāj -> rājita (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √rāj]
    rāj -> rājita (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √rāj]
    rāj -> rājitā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √rāj]
    rāj -> rājita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [accusative single from √rāj]
    rāj -> rājita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [accusative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [nominative single from √rāj], [accusative single from √rāj]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • tāmrajam -
  • tāmraja (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    tāmraja (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tāmrajā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • mṛṇmayam -
  • mṛṇmaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    mṛṇmaya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • Line 3: “pālikāmukhavistāraṃ ṣoḍaśāṃguḷa mucyate.
  • pālikām -
  • pālikā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • ukha -
  • ukha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vistāram -
  • vistāra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse ṣoḍaśāṅguḷa*mu
  • mucyate -
  • muc (verb class 6)
    [present passive third single]
    muc (verb class 1)
    [present passive third single]
    muñc (verb class 1)
    [present passive third single]
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