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 15.63

शयानस्य तु बिंबस्य दक्षिणे तु महाघटं ।
विन्यसे द्ब्रह्मबीजेन पूजांतॆनैव कारयेत्. ॥ 63 ॥

śayānasya tu biṃbasya dakṣiṇe tu mahāghaṭaṃ |
vinyase dbrahmabījena pūjāṃtaॆnaiva kārayet. || 63 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 15.63 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 (15.63). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shayana, Bimba, Dakshine, Dakshina, Mahaghata, Asi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 15.63). 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: “śayānasya tu biṃbasya dakṣiṇe tu mahāghaṭaṃ
  • śayānasya -
  • śayāna (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    śayāna (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    śī -> śayāna (participle, masculine)
    [genitive single from √śī class 2 verb]
    śī -> śayāna (participle, neuter)
    [genitive single from √śī class 2 verb]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • bimbasya -
  • bimba (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    bimba (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • dakṣiṇe -
  • dakṣiṇe (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    dakṣiṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    dakṣiṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    dakṣiṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • mahāghaṭam -
  • mahāghaṭa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “vinyase dbrahmabījena pūjāṃtaॆnaiva kārayet.
  • vinya -
  • vi (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • ase -
  • asi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    asi (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse dbrahmabījena*pū
  • Cannot analyse pūjāntaॆnaiva*kā
  • kārayet -
  • kṛ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
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