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 3.12

कनिष्ठेनैव तत्पुण्यं प्राप्नो त्यद्धनवान्नरः ।
समुत्पाद्यधनं कृत्वान्वल्पे नापिसुरालयम्. ॥ 12 ॥

kaniṣṭhenaiva tatpuṇyaṃ prāpno tyaddhanavānnaraḥ |
samutpādyadhanaṃ kṛtvānvalpe nāpisurālayam. || 12 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 3.12 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 (3.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kanishtha, Tat, Tad, Punya, Pra, Tyad, Hanu, Anna, Samutpadya, Dhana, Kritva, Kritvan, Anu, Alpa, Nri, Api, Suralaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 3.12). 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: “kaniṣṭhenaiva tatpuṇyaṃ prāpno tyaddhanavānnaraḥ
  • kaniṣṭhenai -
  • kaniṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    kaniṣṭha (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • puṇyam -
  • puṇya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    puṇya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    puṇyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √puṇ class 10 verb], [accusative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
  • prā -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • apno -
  • tyaddh -
  • tyad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    tyad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • hanavā -
  • hanu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    hanu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • ānna -
  • ānna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ānna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • raḥ -
  • ra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “samutpādyadhanaṃ kṛtvānvalpe nāpisurālayam.
  • samutpādya -
  • samutpādya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samutpādya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dhanam -
  • dhana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dhana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • kṛtvā -
  • kṛtvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kṛtvan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    kṛtvan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
  • anva -
  • anu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    anu (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    anu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    anu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    anu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • alpe -
  • alpa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    alpa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    alpā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    nṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • surālayam -
  • surālaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
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