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 2.16

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खननविधिः ।
जानुमात्रं खनेद्भूमिंमृदमुधृत्यपूरयेत् ।
उत्तमाभूमिः ।
पांसुरभ्यधिको यत्रसाभूमिश्चोत्तमामता. ॥ 16 ॥

khananavidhiḥ |
jānumātraṃ khanedbhūmiṃmṛdamudhṛtyapūrayet |
uttamābhūmiḥ |
pāṃsurabhyadhiko yatrasābhūmiścottamāmatā. || 16 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 2.16 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 (2.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Khanana, Vidhi, Janumatra, Bhumi, Mrid, Mridh, Uttama, Abhumi, Pamsura, Bha, Adhika, Yatra, Tan,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 2.16). 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: “khananavidhiḥ ”
khanana -
khanana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vidhiḥ -
vidhi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

vidhi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “jānumātraṃ khanedbhūmiṃmṛdamudhṛtyapūrayet ”
jānumātram -
jānumātra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

jānumātra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

jānumātrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
khaned -
√khan (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
bhūmiṃ -
bhūmi (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

bhūmi (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
mṛd -
mṛd (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

mṛdh (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
a -
a (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
mu -
mu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

mū (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

mū (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

mū (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
dhṛtya -
√dhṛ -> dhṛtya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dhṛ]
pūrayet -
√pṝ (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]
Line 3: “uttamābhūmiḥ ”
uttamā -
uttama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

uttama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

uttamā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
abhūmiḥ -
abhūmi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 4: “pāṃsurabhyadhiko yatrasābhūmiścottamāmatā. ”
pāṃsura -
pāṃsura (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pāṃsura (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhya -
bhī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

bhā (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
adhiko* -
adhika (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yatra -
yatra (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yatra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yatra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sā -
sā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
abhūmiś -
abhūmi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
co -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
uttamām -
uttamā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
a -
a (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
tā -
tā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

tan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021