Paramesvara-samhita [sanskrit]

67,204 words | ISBN-13: 9788179070383

The Sanskrit text of the Paramesvara-samhita, an ancient Vaishnava Agama, belonging to the Pancaratra tradition. Topics include meditation on mantras, architectural material for buildings, image-worship and philosophy. The rules of Paramesvara-samhita (similar in nature to the Paushkara-samhita) is today followed in the Shrirangam temple. Alternative titles: Parameśvarasaṃhitā (परमेश्वरसंहिता), Parameśvara-saṃhitā (परमेश्वर-संहिता), Parameshvarasamhita, Parameshvara, Paramesvarasamhita.

Verse 16.294

तद्विस्तारस्तु पादोनमंगुलिद्वितयं भवेत् ।
एकांगुलं तारकं स्यान्नासाया मूलविस्तरः ॥ 294 ॥

tadvistārastu pādonamaṃgulidvitayaṃ bhavet |
ekāṃgulaṃ tārakaṃ syānnāsāyā mūlavistaraḥ || 294 ||

The English translation of Parameshara-samhita Verse 16.294 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 (16.294). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Tat, Vistara, Padona, Anguli, Dvitaya, Taraka, Syat, Sya, Nasa, Mula,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Parameshara-samhita Verse 16.294). 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: “tadvistārastu pādonamaṃgulidvitayaṃ bhavet
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vistāras -
  • vistāra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • pādonam -
  • pādona (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pādona (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pādonā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • aṅguli -
  • aṅguli (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    aṅgulī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • dvitayam -
  • dvitaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dvitaya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dvitayā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “ekāṃgulaṃ tārakaṃ syānnāsāyā mūlavistaraḥ
  • ekāṅgu -
  • ekāṅgau (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
  • lam -
  • la (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tārakam -
  • tāraka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    tāraka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tārakā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • syān -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • nāsāyā* -
  • nāsā (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • mūla -
  • mūla (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mūla (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mūl (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • vistaraḥ -
  • vistara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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