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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 20.38
देवस्य नाम्ना भूदान मुत्तमं फलचक्षते ।
अर्चकस्य भवे न्नाम्ना मध्यमं फलमुच्यते. ॥ 38 ॥
devasya nāmnā bhūdāna muttamaṃ phalacakṣate |
arcakasya bhave nnāmnā madhyamaṃ phalamucyate. || 38 ||
The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 20.38 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 (20.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Deva, Namna, Naman, Bhudana, Mud, Tamam, Tama, Phala, Arcaka, Bhava, Bhu, Madhyama, Ucyat,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 20.38). 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: “devasya nāmnā bhūdāna muttamaṃ phalacakṣate ”
- devasya -
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deva (noun, masculine)[genitive single]deva (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- nāmnā -
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nāmnā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]nāman (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- bhūdāna -
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bhūdāna (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]bhūdāna (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- mut -
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mud (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
- tamam -
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tamam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]tama (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tamā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- phala -
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phala (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]phala (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√phal (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- cakṣate -
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√cakṣ (verb class 2)[present middle third plural]
- Line 2: “arcakasya bhave nnāmnā madhyamaṃ phalamucyate. ”
- arcakasya -
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arcaka (noun, masculine)[genitive single]arcaka (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- bhave -
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bhava (noun, masculine)[locative single]bhava (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]bhu (noun, masculine)[dative single]bhu (noun, feminine)[dative single]bhavā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- Cannot analyse nnāmnā*ma
- madhyamam -
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madhyama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]madhyama (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]madhyamā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- phalam -
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phala (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]phala (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]phalā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ucyate -
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√uc -> ucyat (participle, masculine)[dative single from √uc class 4 verb]√uc -> ucyat (participle, neuter)[dative single from √uc class 4 verb]√vac (verb class 2)[present passive third single]√vac (verb class 3)[present passive third single]