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 16.11

वासुदेवादिनामानि चतुर्द्वारेषु विन्यसेत् ।
इंद्रादीनां लिखेन्नामा न्युपद्वारेषु चाष्टसु. ॥ 11 ॥

vāsudevādināmāni caturdvāreṣu vinyaset |
iṃdrādīnāṃ likhennāmā nyupadvāreṣu cāṣṭasu. || 11 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 16.11 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 (16.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vasudeva, Ina, Caturdvara, Indradi, Upadvara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 16.11). 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: “vāsudevādināmāni caturdvāreṣu vinyaset
  • vāsudevād -
  • vāsudeva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    vāsudeva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • inām -
  • inā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • āni -
  • caturdvāreṣu -
  • caturdvāra (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    caturdvāra (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • Cannot analyse vinyaset
  • Line 2: “iṃdrādīnāṃ likhennāmā nyupadvāreṣu cāṣṭasu.
  • indrādīnām -
  • indrādi (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    indrādi (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
    indrādi (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • likhen -
  • likh (verb class 6)
    [optative active third single]
  • nāmā -
  • nyu -
  • ni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ni (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • upadvāreṣu -
  • upadvāra (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • cāṣ -
  • ca (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ṭa -
  • ṭa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ṭa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • su -
  • (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    so (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
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