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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 5.28
शिलायांब्राह्मणादि जातिभेदाः तल्लक्षणाश्च ।
शिलाश्चतुर्विधा ब्रह्मन् वर्णभेदैश्शिलादिभिः ।
ब्राह्मणस्य शिलाशुभ्राक्षत्रियस्यतुपाटला. ॥ 28 ॥
śilāyāṃbrāhmaṇādi jātibhedāḥ tallakṣaṇāśca |
śilāścaturvidhā brahman varṇabhedaiśśilādibhiḥ |
brāhmaṇasya śilāśubhrākṣatriyasyatupāṭalā. || 28 ||
The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 5.28 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:
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Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (5.28). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Shila, Brahmanadi, Jatibheda, Tallakshana, Caturvidha, Varnabheda, Brahmana, Shubhra, Kshatriya, Atala,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “śilāyāṃbrāhmaṇādi jātibhedāḥ tallakṣaṇāśca ”
- śilāyām -
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śilā (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- brāhmaṇādi -
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brāhmaṇādī (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]brāhmaṇādī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]brāhmaṇādī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]brāhmaṇādi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]brāhmaṇādi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]brāhmaṇādi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- jātibhedāḥ -
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jātibheda (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- tallakṣaṇā -
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tallakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- aś -
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a (noun, masculine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[vocative single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- Line 2: “śilāścaturvidhā brahman varṇabhedaiśśilādibhiḥ ”
- śilāś -
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śila (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]śilā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- caturvidhā* -
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caturvidha (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]caturvidhā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- brahman -
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- varṇabhedaiś -
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varṇabheda (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]varṇabheda (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- śilād -
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śila (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]
- ibhiḥ -
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i (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]
- Line 3: “brāhmaṇasya śilāśubhrākṣatriyasyatupāṭalā. ”
- brāhmaṇasya -
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brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)[genitive single]brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- śilā -
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śilā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- śubhrā -
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śubhrā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- kṣatriyasya -
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kṣatriya (noun, masculine)[genitive single]kṣatriya (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- tupā -
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√tup (verb class 6)[imperative active second single]
- aṭalā -
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aṭalā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]