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 11.28

षौडशांगुलनाहं वा सादा दग्रसमं ततः ।
स्तंभयो र्नाह मुक्तंचयथाशोभंभवेत्ततः ॥ 28 ॥

ṣauḍaśāṃgulanāhaṃ vā sādā dagrasamaṃ tataḥ |
staṃbhayo rnāha muktaṃcayathāśobhaṃbhavettataḥ || 28 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 11.28 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 (11.28). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sha, Shu, Oda, Angula, Naha, Sada, Gras, Grasa, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Muc, Yathashobham,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 11.28). 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: “ṣauḍaśāṃgulanāhaṃ sādā dagrasamaṃ tataḥ
  • ṣau -
  • ṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    ṣu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • oḍa -
  • oḍa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śā -
  • śa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • aṅgula -
  • aṅgula (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nāham -
  • nāha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • sādā* -
  • sāda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • da -
  • da (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    da (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • grasam -
  • grasā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    grasa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    grasa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    gras (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • am -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • tataḥ -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • Line 2: “staṃbhayo rnāha muktaṃcayathāśobhaṃbhavettataḥ
  • stambhayo* -
  • Cannot analyse rnāha*mu
  • muk -
  • muc (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    muc (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    muc (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tañca -
  • tañc (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • yathāśobham -
  • yathāśobham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • tataḥ -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
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