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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 5.50
शीलां मुहूर्ते संपश्येत् शोभने देशिकोत्तमः ।
यक्षाःपिशाचा नागाद्यायत्र तिष्ठंति नित्यशः. ॥ 50 ॥
śīlāṃ muhūrte saṃpaśyet śobhane deśikottamaḥ |
yakṣāḥpiśācā nāgādyāyatra tiṣṭhaṃti nityaśaḥ. || 50 ||
The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 5.50 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 (5.50). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Shil, Shila, Muhurta, Sampa, Shobhana, Deshika, Uttama, Yaksha, Pishaca, Nagadi, Yatra, Tishthat, Tishthanti, Nityashah,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “śīlāṃ muhūrte saṃpaśyet śobhane deśikottamaḥ ”
- śīlām -
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śīl (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]śīlā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- muhūrte -
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muhūrta (noun, masculine)[locative single]muhūrtā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- sampa -
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sampa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- śyet -
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√śā (verb class 4)[optative active third single]
- śobhane -
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śobhana (noun, masculine)[locative single]śobhana (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]śobhanā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- deśiko -
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deśika (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]deśika (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]deśikā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- uttamaḥ -
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uttama (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “yakṣāḥpiśācā nāgādyāyatra tiṣṭhaṃti nityaśaḥ. ”
- yakṣāḥ -
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yakṣa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]yakṣā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- piśācā* -
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piśāca (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]piśācā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- nāgādyā -
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nāgādi (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- yatra -
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yatra (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yatra (indeclinable)[indeclinable]yatra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]yatra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- tiṣṭhanti -
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tiṣṭhantī (noun, masculine)[adverb]tiṣṭhantī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]tiṣṭhantī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, neuter)[nominative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √sthā class 1 verb]√sthā -> tiṣṭhantī (participle, feminine)[vocative single from √sthā class 1 verb]√sthā (verb class 1)[present active third plural]
- nityaśaḥ -
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nityaśaḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]