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 6.11

संप्राप्तभूतायेवृक्षा श्मशानस्थाश्रयाद्रुमाः ।
पक्षिणां निलया येच शुष्का ग्रायेच पादपाः. ॥ 11 ॥

saṃprāptabhūtāyevṛkṣā śmaśānasthāśrayādrumāḥ |
pakṣiṇāṃ nilayā yeca śuṣkā grāyeca pādapāḥ. || 11 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 6.11 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 (6.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shmashana, Stha, Ashraya, Ruma, Pakshin, Nilaya, Yah, Yat, Padapa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 6.11). 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: “saṃprāptabhūtāyevṛkṣā śmaśānasthāśrayādrumāḥ
  • Cannot analyse samprāptabhūtāyevṛkṣā*śm
  • śmaśāna -
  • śmaśāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sthā -
  • stha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    stha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sthā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    sthā (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [present active second plural]
  • āśrayād -
  • āśraya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    āśraya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • rumāḥ -
  • ruma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    rumā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “pakṣiṇāṃ nilayā yeca śuṣkā grāyeca pādapāḥ.
  • pakṣiṇām -
  • pakṣin (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    pakṣin (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • nilayā* -
  • nilaya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śuṣkā* -
  • Cannot analyse grāyeca*pā
  • pādapāḥ -
  • pādapa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    pādapā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
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