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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 28.56
थनुराकृति रेखाचदृश्यते पार्श्वतोधवा ।
पृष्ठतो वाभवेद्रामो दशकंठांतकश्शुभः. ॥ 56 ॥
thanurākṛti rekhācadṛśyate pārśvatodhavā |
pṛṣṭhato vābhavedrāmo daśakaṃṭhāṃtakaśśubhaḥ. || 56 ||
The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 28.56 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:
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Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (28.56). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Tha, Akriti, Rekha, Rishya, Tad, Yushmad, Parshvatah, Dha, Prishthatah, Rama, Dashakantha, Kah, Shubha, Shubh,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “thanurākṛti rekhācadṛśyate pārśvatodhavā ”
- tha -
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tha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- nur -
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nu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ākṛti -
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ākṛti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]ākṛti (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]ākṛtī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- rekhā -
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rekha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]rekhā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√rakh (verb class 1)[perfect active second plural]√rikh (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- ācad -
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√ac (verb class 1)[imperfect active third single]√añc (verb class 1)[imperfect active third single]
- ṛśya -
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ṛśya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ṛśya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- pārśvato -
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pārśvataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- dha -
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dha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vā -
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vā (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- Line 2: “pṛṣṭhato vābhavedrāmo daśakaṃṭhāṃtakaśśubhaḥ. ”
- pṛṣṭhato* -
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pṛṣṭhataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- vā -
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vā (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- bhaved -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- rāmo* -
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rāma (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√rā (verb class 2)[present active first plural]
- daśakaṇṭhān -
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daśakaṇṭha (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- ta -
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ta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]tan (noun, masculine)[compound]
- kaś -
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kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]ka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- śubhaḥ -
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śubha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]śubh (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]