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 4.78

सुधया स्थूपिकाकीलं दृढं कुर्या दनंतरम् ।
शिखाकुंभस्थापनं ।
शिखाकुंभं सुवर्णं वा राजितं ताम्रमे ववा. ॥ 78 ॥

sudhayā sthūpikākīlaṃ dṛḍhaṃ kuryā danaṃtaram |
śikhākuṃbhasthāpanaṃ |
śikhākuṃbhaṃ suvarṇaṃ vā rājitaṃ tāmrame vavā. || 78 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 4.78 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 (4.78). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sudha, Dridha, Kuri, Nat, Tara, Shikha, Akumbha, Tha, Suvarna, Var, Rajita, Tamra, Asmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 4.78). 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: “sudhayā sthūpikākīlaṃ dṛḍhaṃ kuryā danaṃtaram
  • sudhayā -
  • sudhā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • Cannot analyse sthūpikākīlam*dṛ
  • dṛḍham -
  • dṛḍha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dṛḍha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dṛḍhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • kuryā* -
  • kurī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative active second single]
  • da -
  • da (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    da (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nan -
  • nat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • taram -
  • tara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    tara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tarā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “śikhākuṃbhasthāpanaṃ
  • śikhā -
  • śikha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śikhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • akumbhas -
  • akumbha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • thā -
  • tha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • apanam -
  • pan (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active first single]
  • Line 3: “śikhākuṃbhaṃ suvarṇaṃ rājitaṃ tāmrame vavā.
  • śikhā -
  • śikha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śikhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • akumbham -
  • akumbha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • suvarṇam -
  • suvarṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    suvarṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    suvarṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • vā* -
  • vār (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vār (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • rājitam -
  • rājita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    rājita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    rājitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    rāj -> rājita (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √rāj]
    rāj -> rājita (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √rāj]
    rāj -> rājitā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √rāj]
    rāj -> rājita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [accusative single from √rāj]
    rāj -> rājita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [accusative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [nominative single from √rāj], [accusative single from √rāj]
  • tāmra -
  • tāmra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tāmra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • me -
  • ma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ma (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • va -
  • u (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ū (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    ū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    au (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    au (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • avā -
  • o (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    avā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
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