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 12.12

सायंकालेमृत्संग्रहणं तद्विधिः ।
सायंकालेतु संप्राप्ते मृत्संग्रहणमारभेत् ।
आचार्यो यजमानश्च गीतवादित्रनिस्वनैः. ॥ 12 ॥

sāyaṃkālemṛtsaṃgrahaṇaṃ tadvidhiḥ |
sāyaṃkāletu saṃprāpte mṛtsaṃgrahaṇamārabhet |
ācāryo yajamānaśca gītavāditranisvanaiḥ. || 12 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 12.12 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 (12.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sayankala, Mrid, Mridh, Sangrahana, Tad, Tat, Vidhi, Samprapta, Samprapti, Acari, Acarya, Yajamana, Gitavaditra, Nisvana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 12.12). 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: “sāyaṃkālemṛtsaṃgrahaṇaṃ tadvidhiḥ
  • sāyaṅkāle -
  • sāyaṅkāla (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • mṛt -
  • mṛd (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    mṛdh (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • saṅgrahaṇam -
  • saṅgrahaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    saṅgrahaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vidhiḥ -
  • vidhi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    vidhi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “sāyaṃkāletu saṃprāpte mṛtsaṃgrahaṇamārabhet
  • sāyaṅkāle -
  • sāyaṅkāla (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • samprāpte -
  • samprāpta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    samprāpta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    samprāptā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    samprāpti (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    samprāpti (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse mṛtsaṅgrahaṇamārabhet
  • Line 3: “ācāryo yajamānaśca gītavāditranisvanaiḥ.
  • ācāryo* -
  • ācārī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    ācārya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • yajamānaś -
  • yajamāna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaj -> yajamāna (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √yaj class 1 verb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • gītavāditra -
  • gītavāditra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    gītavāditra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nisvanaiḥ -
  • nisvana (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
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