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 14.40

ईशान्यांदि ग्विश्रवसं आग्नेयां च बिडालकम् ।
नैरुत्यां पूतनांचैव वायुव्यांपापराक्षसीम्. ॥ 40 ॥

īśānyāṃdi gviśravasaṃ āgneyāṃ ca biḍālakam |
nairutyāṃ pūtanāṃcaiva vāyuvyāṃpāparākṣasīm. || 40 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 14.40 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 (14.40). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ishani, Ishanya, Agneya, Bidalaka, Nri, Eru, Sya, Putana, Vayu, Vya, Paparakshasi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 14.40). 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: “īśānyāṃdi gviśravasaṃ āgneyāṃ ca biḍālakam
  • īśānyā -
  • īśānya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    īśānī (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • andi -
  • ad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Cannot analyse gviśravasam*āg
  • āgneyām -
  • āgneyā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • biḍālakam -
  • biḍālaka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    biḍālaka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “nairutyāṃ pūtanāṃcaiva vāyuvyāṃpāparākṣasīm.
  • nai -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    nṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • eru -
  • eru (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    eru (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    eru (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • tyām -
  • syā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • pūtanā -
  • pūtana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pūtanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • añcai -
  • añc (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single], [imperative middle first single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • vāyu -
  • vāyu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vāyu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vāyu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • vyā -
  • vi (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    vi (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    vi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ve (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    vya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ām -
  • ā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • pāparākṣasīm -
  • pāparākṣasī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
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