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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 4.22
नृत्त मंटपम् ।
तदग्रे मंटपं कुर्यात् नृत्यार्थं द्विजसत्तमाः ।
षट्ट्रिंशस्तंभसंयुक्तं षोडशस्तंभ मेववा. ॥ 22 ॥
nṛtta maṃṭapam |
tadagre maṃṭapaṃ kuryāt nṛtyārthaṃ dvijasattamāḥ |
ṣaṭṭriṃśastaṃbhasaṃyuktaṃ ṣoḍaśastaṃbha mevavā. || 22 ||
The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 4.22 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 (4.22). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Nritta, Mantapa, Tad, Tat, Agre, Agra, Agri, Nrit, Nriti, Nritya, Artha, Dvijasattama, Shodasha, Bha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 4.22). 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: “nṛtta maṃṭapam ”
- nṛtta -
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nṛtta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√nṛt -> nṛtta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √nṛt class 4 verb]√nṛt -> nṛtta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √nṛt class 4 verb]
- maṇṭapam -
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maṇṭapa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- Line 2: “tadagre maṃṭapaṃ kuryāt nṛtyārthaṃ dvijasattamāḥ ”
- tad -
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tad (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- agre -
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agre (indeclinable)[indeclinable]agra (noun, masculine)[locative single]agra (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]agrā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]agri (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- maṇṭapam -
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maṇṭapa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- kuryāt -
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√kṛ (verb class 8)[optative active third single]
- nṛtyā -
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nṛti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]nṛtya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√nṛt -> nṛtya (absolutive)[absolutive from √nṛt]nṛt (noun, feminine)[locative single]√nṛt -> nṛtya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √nṛt class 4 verb]√nṛt -> nṛtya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √nṛt class 4 verb]√nṛt -> nṛtyā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √nṛt class 4 verb]√nṛt (verb class 4)[imperative active second single]
- ārtham -
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ārtha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ārtha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]√arth (verb class 1)[imperfect active first single]
- dvijasattamāḥ -
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dvijasattama (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- Line 3: “ṣaṭṭriṃśastaṃbhasaṃyuktaṃ ṣoḍaśastaṃbha mevavā. ”
- Cannot analyse ṣaṭṭriṃśastambhasaṃyuktam*ṣo
- ṣoḍaśas -
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ṣoḍaśa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tam -
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ta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tā (noun, feminine)[adverb]tan (noun, masculine)[adverb]sa (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- bha -
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bha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]bha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- meva -
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√mav (verb class 1)[perfect active second plural]√mev (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- vā -
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vā (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]