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 28.106

सुदर्शन नारसिंहः ।
आष्टवक्त्रॊन्नत वपुः विवृतास्यो भयप्रदः ।
षोडशैश्च क्रराजाभिसंयुतो शतृमारकः. ॥ 106 ॥

sudarśana nārasiṃhaḥ |
āṣṭavaktraॊnnata vapuḥ vivṛtāsyo bhayapradaḥ |
ṣoḍaśaiśca krarājābhisaṃyuto śatṛmārakaḥ. || 106 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 28.106 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 (28.106). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sudarshana, Narasimha, Vapu, Vapus, Vivritasya, Bhaya, Prada, Shodasha, Sha, Tri, Maraka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 28.106). 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: “sudarśana nārasiṃhaḥ
  • sudarśana -
  • sudarśana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sudarśana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nārasiṃhaḥ -
  • nārasiṃha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “āṣṭavaktraॊnnata vapuḥ vivṛtāsyo bhayapradaḥ
  • Cannot analyse āṣṭavaktraॊnnata*va
  • vapuḥ -
  • vapus (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vapus (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vapu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    vapu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vivṛtāsyo* -
  • vivṛtāsya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhaya -
  • bhaya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhaya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhī (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • pradaḥ -
  • prada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 3: “ṣoḍaśaiśca krarājābhisaṃyuto śatṛmārakaḥ.
  • ṣoḍaśaiś -
  • ṣoḍaśa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ṣoḍaśa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse krarājābhisaṃyuto*śa
  • śa -
  • śa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tṛ -
  • tṛ (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • mārakaḥ -
  • māraka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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