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 24.88

संप्रोक्ष्य सर्वसंभारान् रक्षासूत्राणिधारयेत् ।
धृवादिमूलबिंबानां श्रियादीनां तधैवच. ॥ 88 ॥

saṃprokṣya sarvasaṃbhārān rakṣāsūtrāṇidhārayet |
dhṛvādimūlabiṃbānāṃ śriyādīnāṃ tadhaivaca. || 88 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 24.88 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 (24.88). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sarva, Sambhara, Rakshasutra, Shriya, Tad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 24.88). 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: “saṃprokṣya sarvasaṃbhārān rakṣāsūtrāṇidhārayet
  • Cannot analyse samprokṣya*sa
  • sarva -
  • sarva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarva (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • sambhārān -
  • sambhāra (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • rakṣāsūtrāṇi -
  • rakṣāsūtra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • dhārayet -
  • dhṛ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “dhṛvādimūlabiṃbānāṃ śriyādīnāṃ tadhaivaca.
  • Cannot analyse dhṛvādimūlabimbānām*śr
  • śriyād -
  • śriya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    śriya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • īnām -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    ī (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
    ī (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
  • haiva -
  • (verb class 1)
    [optative active first dual]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
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