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 15.4

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प्रदक्षिणक्रमेणैव वेदवाद्य पुरस्सरम् ।
पंचगव्यैस्ततः कुर्यात् प्रोक्षणं यागभूमिषु. ॥ 4 ॥

pradakṣiṇakrameṇaiva vedavādya purassaram |
paṃcagavyaistataḥ kuryāt prokṣaṇaṃ yāgabhūmiṣu. || 4 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 15.4 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 (15.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pradakshina, Kramena, Krama, Purassara, Pancagavya, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Prokshana, Yaga, Bhumi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 15.4). 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: “pradakṣiṇakrameṇaiva vedavādya purassaram ”
pradakṣiṇa -
pradakṣiṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pradakṣiṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
krameṇai -
krameṇa (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

krama (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
vedavādya -
purassaram -
purassara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

purassara (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “paṃcagavyaistataḥ kuryāt prokṣaṇaṃ yāgabhūmiṣu. ”
pañcagavyais -
pañcagavya (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

pañcagavya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
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]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
kuryāt -
√kṛ (verb class 8)

[optative active third single]
prokṣaṇam -
prokṣaṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
yāga -
yāga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhūmiṣu -
bhūmi (noun, feminine)

[locative plural]

bhūmi (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

bhūmī (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021