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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 8.6
सप्तमान मिदं ज्ञेयं यज मानवशं विदुः ।
शिल्पि नागमशास्त्रेण कारये द्विग्रहं शुभम्. ॥ 6 ॥
saptamāna midaṃ jñeyaṃ yaja mānavaśaṃ viduḥ |
śilpi nāgamaśāstreṇa kāraye dvigrahaṃ śubham. || 6 ||
The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 8.6 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 (8.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Saptama, Mit, Jneya, Yaja, Manava, Sha, Vidu, Vidus, Shilpi, Shilpin, Naga, Ashastra, Kari, Dvigraha, Shubha, Shubh,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “saptamāna midaṃ jñeyaṃ yaja mānavaśaṃ viduḥ ”
- saptamān -
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saptama (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- a -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- mid -
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mit (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
- am -
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a (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ā (noun, feminine)[adverb]e (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- jñeyam -
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jñeya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]jñeya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]jñeyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√jñā -> jñeya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [accusative single from √jñā class 9 verb]√jñā -> jñeya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [accusative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [nominative single from √jñā class 9 verb], [accusative single from √jñā class 9 verb]
- yaja -
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yaja (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]√yaj (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- mānava -
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mānava (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]mānava (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- śam -
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śa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- viduḥ -
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vidus (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]vidus (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]vidu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]vidu (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vid (verb class 2)[perfect active third plural]
- Line 2: “śilpi nāgamaśāstreṇa kāraye dvigrahaṃ śubham. ”
- śilpi -
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śilpī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]śilpin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]śilpin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- nāgam -
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nāga (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]nāga (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]nāgā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- aśāstreṇa -
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aśāstra (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]aśāstra (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- kāraye -
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kāri (noun, feminine)[dative single]kāri (noun, masculine)[dative single]√kṛ (verb class 0)[present middle first single]
- dvigraham -
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dvigraha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dvigraha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- śubham -
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śubha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śubha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śubhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]śubh (noun, feminine)[accusative single]