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 11.6

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तन्मध्ये पद्मपीठं स्या च्चतुरंगुल मुन्नतम् ।
बहि रष्टदळं पद्मं द्वादशांगुळविस्तृतम्. ॥ 6 ॥

tanmadhye padmapīṭhaṃ syā ccaturaṃgula munnatam |
bahi raṣṭadaḷaṃ padmaṃ dvādaśāṃguḷavistṛtam. || 6 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 11.6 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:
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 (11.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tanmadhya, Padmapitha, Sya, Mud, Nata, Bahi, Padma,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 11.6). 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: “tanmadhye padmapīṭhaṃ syā ccaturaṃgula munnatam ”
tanmadhye -
tanmadhya (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
padmapīṭham -
padmapīṭha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

padmapīṭha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
syā -
si (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

syā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Cannot analyse ccaturaṅgula*mu
mun -
mud (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
natam -
nat (noun, neuter)

[adverb]

nata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nata (noun, neuter)

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

natā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√nam -> nata (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √nam class 1 verb]

√nam -> nata (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √nam class 1 verb], [accusative single from √nam class 1 verb]
Line 2: “bahi raṣṭadaḷaṃ padmaṃ dvādaśāṃguḷavistṛtam. ”
bahi -
bahi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

bahi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

bahi (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

bahī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

bahī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

bahī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
Cannot analyse raṣṭadaḷam*pa
padmam -
padma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

padma (noun, neuter)

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

padmā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Cannot analyse dvādaśāṅguḷavistṛtam

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021