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 20.14

समुद्धरे न्महाकुंभं मूर्ति कुंभां न्ततःपरम् ।
मूलादि सर्वबिंबानि मूर्तिपैर्वाहयर्गुरुः. ॥ 14 ॥

samuddhare nmahākuṃbhaṃ mūrti kuṃbhāṃ ntataḥparam |
mūlādi sarvabiṃbāni mūrtipairvāhayarguruḥ. || 14 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 20.14 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 (20.14). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Samuddhara, Murti, Kumbha, Mula, Sarva, Bimba, Murtipa, Vaha, Ric, Uru,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 20.14). 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: “samuddhare nmahākuṃbhaṃ mūrti kuṃbhāṃ ntataḥparam
  • samuddhare -
  • samuddhara (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    samuddhara (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • Cannot analyse nmahākumbham*mū
  • mūrti -
  • mūrti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    mūrti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    mūrtī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    mūrtī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    mūrtī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • kumbhām -
  • kumbhā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse ntataḥparam
  • Line 2: “mūlādi sarvabiṃbāni mūrtipairvāhayarguruḥ.
  • mūlā -
  • mūla (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mūla (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mūlā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    mūl (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • adi -
  • ad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ad (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • sarva -
  • sarva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarva (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • bimbāni -
  • bimba (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • mūrtipair -
  • mūrtipa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • vāhayar -
  • vāhā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    vah (verb class 0)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ṛg -
  • ṛc (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • uruḥ -
  • uru (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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