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 28.23

ब्रह्मचर्य विहीनेन पूजितो नष्टदायकः ।
नृसिंहलक्षणं ।
नारसिंहस्त्रि बिंदुश्च कपिलाभोबृहद्बिलः. ॥ 23 ॥

brahmacarya vihīnena pūjito naṣṭadāyakaḥ |
nṛsiṃhalakṣaṇaṃ |
nārasiṃhastri biṃduśca kapilābhobṛhadbilaḥ. || 23 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 28.23 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 (28.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahmacarya, Vihina, Pujita, Nashta, Dayaka, Nrisimha, Lakshana, Narasimha, Bindu, Kapila, Brihat, Bila,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 28.23). 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: “brahmacarya vihīnena pūjito naṣṭadāyakaḥ
  • brahmacarya -
  • brahmacarya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vihīnena -
  • vihīna (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    vihīna (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • pūjito* -
  • pūjita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    pūj -> pūjita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √pūj class 1 verb], [nominative single from √pūj class 10 verb]
  • naṣṭa -
  • naṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    naṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    naś -> naṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √naś class 1 verb], [vocative single from √naś class 4 verb]
    naś -> naṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √naś class 1 verb], [vocative single from √naś class 4 verb]
    naś -> naṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √naś class 1 verb]
    naś -> naṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √naś class 1 verb]
  • dāyakaḥ -
  • dāyaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “nṛsiṃhalakṣaṇaṃ
  • nṛsiṃha -
  • nṛsiṃha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • lakṣaṇam -
  • lakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    lakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    lakṣaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 3: “nārasiṃhastri biṃduśca kapilābhobṛhadbilaḥ.
  • nārasiṃhas -
  • nārasiṃha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tri -
  • tri (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • binduś -
  • bindu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kapilā -
  • kapila (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kapila (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kapilā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • abho -
  • bhṛ (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active second single], [imperfect active third single]
  • bṛhad -
  • bṛhat (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    bṛhat (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    bṛhat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    bṛh -> bṛhat (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √bṛh]
    bṛh -> bṛhat (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √bṛh]
    bṛhat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    bṛh -> bṛhat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √bṛh], [vocative single from √bṛh], [accusative single from √bṛh]
    bṛh -> bṛhat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √bṛh], [vocative single from √bṛh], [accusative single from √bṛh]
  • bilaḥ -
  • bila (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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