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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 4.40
पादवेद्यां शिलायां च मकरासन माचरेत् ।
वैश्यःकपोत वेद्यांच कुर्याद्गजमुखाकृतिः ॥ 40 ॥
pādavedyāṃ śilāyāṃ ca makarāsana mācaret |
vaiśyaḥkapota vedyāṃca kuryādgajamukhākṛtiḥ || 40 ||
The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 4.40 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 (4.40). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Padu, Div, Shila, Makarasana, Asmad, Vaishya, Kapota, Vedi, Vedya, Gajamukha, Akriti,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “pādavedyāṃ śilāyāṃ ca makarāsana mācaret ”
- pādave -
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pādu (noun, masculine)[dative single]
- dyām -
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div (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- śilāyām -
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śilā (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- makarāsana -
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makarāsana (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]makarāsana (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- mā -
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mā (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]mā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[accusative single]
- caret -
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√car (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- Line 2: “vaiśyaḥkapota vedyāṃca kuryādgajamukhākṛtiḥ ”
- vaiśyaḥ -
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vaiśya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- kapota -
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kapota (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- vedyā -
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vedya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vedya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√vid -> vedya (participle, masculine)[compound from √vid]√vid -> vedya (participle, neuter)[compound from √vid]√vid -> vedya (participle, masculine)[compound from √vid]√vid -> vedya (participle, neuter)[compound from √vid]√vid -> vedya (absolutive)[absolutive from √vid]√vid -> vedya (absolutive)[absolutive from √vid]vedi (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]vedī (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]vedyā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vid -> vedya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √vid class 2 verb], [vocative single from √vid]√vid -> vedya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √vid class 2 verb], [vocative single from √vid]√vid -> vedyā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √vid class 2 verb], [nominative single from √vid]√vid -> vedya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √vid class 6 verb]√vid -> vedya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √vid class 6 verb]√vid -> vedyā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √vid class 6 verb]√vid -> vedya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √vid class 7 verb], [vocative single from √vid]√vid -> vedya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √vid class 7 verb], [vocative single from √vid]√vid -> vedyā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √vid class 7 verb], [nominative single from √vid]
- añca -
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√añc (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- kuryād -
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√kṛ (verb class 8)[optative active third single]
- gajamukhā -
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gajamukha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- ākṛtiḥ -
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ākṛti (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ākṛti (noun, masculine)[nominative single]