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 2.7

सर्वशास्त्रार्थतत्वज्ञ मग्निहोत्रधरं शुचिम् ।
उत्पत्तिस्थितिसंहार वेदिनं ब्रह्मवादिनम्. ॥ 7 ॥

sarvaśāstrārthatatvajña magnihotradharaṃ śucim |
utpattisthitisaṃhāra vedinaṃ brahmavādinam. || 7 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 2.7 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 (2.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sarvashastra, Tva, Ajna, Shuci, Sthiti, Samhara, Vedin, Brahmavadin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 2.7). 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: “sarvaśāstrārthatatvajña magnihotradharaṃ śucim
  • sarvaśāstrā -
  • sarvaśāstra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarvaśāstra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarvaśāstrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • arthata -
  • arth (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second plural]
  • tva -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    tva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ajña -
  • ajña (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ajña (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse magnihotradharam*śu
  • śucim -
  • śuci (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    śuci (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “utpattisthitisaṃhāra vedinaṃ brahmavādinam.
  • utpatti -
  • utpatti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • sthiti -
  • sthiti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    sthitī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    sthitī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    sthitī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • saṃhāra -
  • saṃhāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vedinam -
  • vedin (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • brahmavādinam -
  • brahmavādin (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
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