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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 5.36
महामुद्रां प्रदर्श्याध प्रणम्यांजलिमुद्रया ।
शिलायांमंडलीकृत्वातत्रविष्णुं मुदार्चयेत्. ॥ 36 ॥
mahāmudrāṃ pradarśyādha praṇamyāṃjalimudrayā |
śilāyāṃmaṃḍalīkṛtvātatraviṣṇuṃ mudārcayet. || 36 ||
The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 5.36 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 (5.36). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Mahamudra, Prana, Yat, Yah, Jali, Mudra, Shila, Mandali, Mandalin, Kritva, Kritvan, Tatra, Vishnu, Mud, Muda,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 5.36). 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: “mahāmudrāṃ pradarśyādha praṇamyāṃjalimudrayā ”
- mahāmudrām -
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mahāmudrā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- Cannot analyse pradarśyādha*pr
- praṇam -
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praṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]praṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]praṇā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- yāñ -
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yat (noun, masculine)[nominative single]yāt (noun, masculine)[nominative single], [vocative single]ya (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[accusative plural]yā (pronoun, feminine)[accusative single]
- jali -
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jalī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]jalī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]jalī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- mudrayā -
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mudrā (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- Line 2: “śilāyāṃmaṃḍalīkṛtvātatraviṣṇuṃ mudārcayet. ”
- śilāyāṃ -
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śilā (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- maṇḍalī -
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maṇḍalī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]maṇḍalin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- kṛtvā -
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kṛtvā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]kṛtvan (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tatra -
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tatra (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tatra (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tatra (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- viṣṇum -
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viṣṇu (noun, feminine)[accusative single]viṣṇu (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- mudā -
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muda (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]muda (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]mud (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]mudā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- arcayet -
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√ṛc (verb class 0)[optative active third single]√ṛc (verb class 0)[optative active third single]