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 4.59

परितः कलशा न्यष्टौ पूजये द्देशिकोत्तमः ।
वाराहंनारसिंहंच श्रीधरंहयशीर्षकम्. ॥ 59 ॥

paritaḥ kalaśā nyaṣṭau pūjaye ddeśikottamaḥ |
vārāhaṃnārasiṃhaṃca śrīdharaṃhayaśīrṣakam. || 59 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 4.59 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 (4.59). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Paritah, Paritas, Kalasha, Ashta, Ashti, Varaha, Nara, Ham, Shridhara, Hayashirsha, Hayashirshan, Kah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 4.59). 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: “paritaḥ kalaśā nyaṣṭau pūjaye ddeśikottamaḥ
  • paritaḥ -
  • paritaḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    paritas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • kalaśā* -
  • kalaśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • nya -
  • ni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ni (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ni (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • aṣṭau -
  • aṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    aṣṭi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    -> aṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative dual from √ class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √ class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √ class 5 verb]
  • pūjaye -
  • pūj (verb class 10)
    [present middle first single]
  • Cannot analyse ddeśikottamaḥ
  • Line 2: “vārāhaṃnārasiṃhaṃca śrīdharaṃhayaśīrṣakam.
  • vārāhaṃ -
  • vārāha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vārāha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • nāra -
  • nāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nāra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • siṃ -
  • si (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • hañ -
  • ham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    han (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śrīdharaṃ -
  • śrīdhara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śrīdhara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śrīdharā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • hayaśīrṣa -
  • hayaśīrṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    hayaśīrṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    hayaśīrṣan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    hayaśīrṣan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • kam -
  • ka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
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