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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 4.6
पुरुषं ताळनादं च वेणुनादं नपुंसकम् ।
घंटानादि प्रियतमा इ त्येते लिंगनिर्णयम्. ॥ 6 ॥
puruṣaṃ tāḷanādaṃ ca veṇunādaṃ napuṃsakam |
ghaṃṭānādi priyatamā i tyete liṃganirṇayam. || 6 ||
The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 4.6 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 (4.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Purusha, Venuna, Napumsaka, Ghanta, Adi, Adin, Tyad, Sya, Tad, Yushmad, Linganirnaya,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 4.6). 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: “puruṣaṃ tāḷanādaṃ ca veṇunādaṃ napuṃsakam ”
- puruṣam -
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puruṣa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]puruṣa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]puruṣā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Cannot analyse tāḷanādam*ca
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- veṇunād -
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veṇuna (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- am -
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a (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ap (noun, feminine)[compound]ap (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ā (noun, feminine)[adverb]e (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- napuṃsakam -
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napuṃsaka (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]napuṃsaka (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]napuṃsakā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “ghaṃṭānādi priyatamā i tyete liṃganirṇayam. ”
- ghaṇṭān -
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ghaṇṭa (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- ādi -
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ādi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]ādi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ādi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]ādin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]ādin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- priyatamā* -
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- Cannot analyse i*ty
- tye -
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tyad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]syā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- liṅganirṇayam -
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liṅganirṇaya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]