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 5.9

मंदरो माल्यवां श्चैव त्रिकूटो मलयाचलः ।
गंधमादन मेरु श्च द शैते सर्वतोत्तमाः. ॥ 9 ॥

maṃdaro mālyavāṃ ścaiva trikūṭo malayācalaḥ |
gaṃdhamādana meru śca da śaite sarvatottamāḥ. || 9 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 5.9 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 (5.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mandara, Malyavan, Trikuta, Malayacala, Gandhamadana, Sha, Sarvata, Uttama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 5.9). 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: “maṃdaro mālyavāṃ ścaiva trikūṭo malayācalaḥ
  • mandaro* -
  • mandara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • mālyavā -
  • mālyavan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    mālyavan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • am -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse ścaiva*tr
  • trikūṭo* -
  • trikūṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • malayācalaḥ -
  • malayācala (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “gaṃdhamādana meru śca da śaite sarvatottamāḥ.
  • gandhamādana -
  • gandhamādana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    gandhamādana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • meru -
  • meru (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    meru (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse śca*da
  • da -
  • da (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    da (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śai -
  • śa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • aite -
  • sarvato -
  • sarvata (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarvata (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarvatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • uttamāḥ -
  • uttama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    uttamā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
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