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 24.13

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चित्रैर्लता वितानैश्च वीथिकां शोभयेत्ततः ।
रक्तैश्शोभां तथापीतैरुवशोभांच कल्पयेत्. ॥ 13 ॥

citrairlatā vitānaiśca vīthikāṃ śobhayettataḥ |
raktaiśśobhāṃ tathāpītairuvaśobhāṃca kalpayet. || 13 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 24.13 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 (24.13). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Citra, Lata, Vitana, Vithika, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Rakta, Shobha, Tatha, Apita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 24.13). 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: “citrairlatā vitānaiśca vīthikāṃ śobhayettataḥ ”
citrair -
citra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

citra (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
latā* -
latā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vitānaiś -
vitāna (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

vitāna (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vīthikām -
vīthikā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
śobhayet -
√śubh (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]
tataḥ -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
Line 2: “raktaiśśobhāṃ tathāpītairuvaśobhāṃca kalpayet. ”
raktaiś -
rakta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

rakta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

√rag -> rakta (participle, masculine)

[instrumental plural from √rag class 1 verb]

√rag -> rakta (participle, neuter)

[instrumental plural from √rag class 1 verb]

√raj -> rakta (participle, masculine)

[instrumental plural from √raj class 1 verb], [instrumental plural from √raj class 4 verb]

√raj -> rakta (participle, neuter)

[instrumental plural from √raj class 1 verb], [instrumental plural from √raj class 4 verb]

√rañj -> rakta (participle, masculine)

[instrumental plural from √rañj class 1 verb], [instrumental plural from √rañj class 4 verb]

√rañj -> rakta (participle, neuter)

[instrumental plural from √rañj class 1 verb], [instrumental plural from √rañj class 4 verb]
śobhām -
śobhā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
apītair -
apīta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

apīta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
uva -
√u (verb class 1)

[perfect active first dual], [perfect active second plural]

√u (verb class 2)

[perfect active first dual], [perfect active second plural]

√u (verb class 5)

[perfect active first dual], [perfect active second plural]
śobhā -
śobha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śobha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

śobhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√śubh (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
añca -
√añc (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
kalpayet -
√kḷp (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021