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 24.12

दळानिस्वेत वर्णैश्च रक्तवर्णैग राणिच ।
कृष्णैर्नेम्यंत भूमिंच पीठं पीतैश्च शोभयेत्. ॥ 12 ॥

daḷānisveta varṇaiśca raktavarṇaiga rāṇica |
kṛṣṇairnemyaṃta bhūmiṃca pīṭhaṃ pītaiśca śobhayet. || 12 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 24.12 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 (24.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Varna, Rani, Krishna, Nemi, Pitha, Pita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 24.12). 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: “daḷānisveta varṇaiśca raktavarṇaiga rāṇica
  • Cannot analyse daḷānisveta*va
  • varṇaiś -
  • varṇa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    varṇa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse raktavarṇaiga*rā
  • rāṇi -
  • rāṇi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    rāṇī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    ra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperative active first single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “kṛṣṇairnemyaṃta bhūmiṃca pīṭhaṃ pītaiśca śobhayet.
  • kṛṣṇair -
  • kṛṣṇa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    kṛṣṇa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • nemyan -
  • nemī (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • ta -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • Cannot analyse bhūmiñca*pī
  • pīṭham -
  • pīṭha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pīṭha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • pītaiś -
  • pīta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    pīta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    -> pīta (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental plural from √ class 1 verb], [instrumental plural from √ class 2 verb]
    -> pīta (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental plural from √ class 1 verb], [instrumental plural from √ class 2 verb]
    -> pīta (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental plural from √ class 3 verb]
    -> pīta (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental plural from √ class 3 verb]
    pai -> pīta (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental plural from √pai class 1 verb]
    pai -> pīta (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental plural from √pai class 1 verb]
    pi -> pīta (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental plural from √pi class 1 verb], [instrumental plural from √pi class 2 verb], [instrumental plural from √pi class 3 verb]
    pi -> pīta (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental plural from √pi class 1 verb], [instrumental plural from √pi class 2 verb], [instrumental plural from √pi class 3 verb]
    -> pīta (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental plural from √ class 1 verb], [instrumental plural from √ class 2 verb], [instrumental plural from √ class 3 verb], [instrumental plural from √ class 4 verb]
    -> pīta (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental plural from √ class 1 verb], [instrumental plural from √ class 2 verb], [instrumental plural from √ class 3 verb], [instrumental plural from √ class 4 verb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śobhayet -
  • śubh (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
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