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 5.56

पूष्टिदा चोत्तरग्रीवा कोणग्रीवातु वर्जिता ।
मूलभागशिला यातु उपरिष्ठा द्भवेत्सदा. ॥ 56 ॥

pūṣṭidā cottaragrīvā koṇagrīvātu varjitā |
mūlabhāgaśilā yātu upariṣṭhā dbhavetsadā. || 56 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 5.56 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 (5.56). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Uttara, Griva, Kona, Varjita, Mulabhaga, Shila, Yatu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 5.56). 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: “pūṣṭidā cottaragrīvā koṇagrīvātu varjitā
  • Cannot analyse pūṣṭidā*co
  • co -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • uttara -
  • uttara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    uttara (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • grīvā -
  • grīvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • koṇa -
  • koṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • grīvā -
  • grīva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    grīvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ātu -
  • ātu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • varjitā -
  • varjitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “mūlabhāgaśilā yātu upariṣṭhā dbhavetsadā.
  • mūlabhāga -
  • mūlabhāga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śilā* -
  • śila (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    śilā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • yātu -
  • yātu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    yātu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperative active third single]
  • upariṣṭhā* -
  • Cannot analyse dbhavetsadā
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