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 8.25

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पादलक्षणं ।
पादं तालप्रमाणेन अंगुळानां विधिंश्रुणु ।
अंगुळत्रयमानेन पादमध्यांगुळं स्मृतम्. ॥ 25 ॥

pādalakṣaṇaṃ |
pādaṃ tālapramāṇena aṃguḷānāṃ vidhiṃśruṇu |
aṃguḷatrayamānena pādamadhyāṃguḷaṃ smṛtam. || 25 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 8.25 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 (8.25). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pada, Lakshana, Talapramana, Smrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 8.25). 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: “pādalakṣaṇaṃ ”
pāda -
pāda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
lakṣaṇam -
lakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

lakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

lakṣaṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “pādaṃ tālapramāṇena aṃguḷānāṃ vidhiṃśruṇu ”
pādam -
pāda (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
tālapramāṇena -
tālapramāṇa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

tālapramāṇa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
Cannot analyse aṅguḷānām*vi
Cannot analyse vidhiṃśruṇu
Line 3: “aṃguḷatrayamānena pādamadhyāṃguḷaṃ smṛtam. ”
Cannot analyse aṅguḷatrayamānena*pā
Cannot analyse pādamadhyāṅguḷam*sm
smṛtam -
smṛta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

smṛta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

smṛtā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]

√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021