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 6.13

एकशाखा द्विशाखा श्च त्रिशाखा श्च विवर्जिताः ।
चंडालाद्यधमै श्शश्व त्सेविताः प्रतिलोमजैः. ॥ 13 ॥

ekaśākhā dviśākhā śca triśākhā śca vivarjitāḥ |
caṃḍālādyadhamai śśaśva tsevitāḥ pratilomajaiḥ. || 13 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 6.13 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 (6.13). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ekashakha, Dvishakha, Trishakha, Vivarjita, Candala, Pratilomaja,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 6.13). 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: “ekaśākhā dviśākhā śca triśākhā śca vivarjitāḥ
  • ekaśākhā* -
  • ekaśākha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    ekaśākhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • dviśākhā -
  • dviśākhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse śca*tr
  • triśākhā -
  • triśākhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse śca*vi
  • vivarjitāḥ -
  • vivarjita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vivarjitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “caṃḍālādyadhamai śśaśva tsevitāḥ pratilomajaiḥ.
  • caṇḍālād -
  • caṇḍāla (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ya -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
  • adhamai -
  • Cannot analyse śśaśva*ts
  • Cannot analyse tsevitāḥ*pr
  • pratilomajaiḥ -
  • pratilomaja (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    pratilomaja (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
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