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 16.8

पश्चिमं रक्तवर्णेन पीतवर्णॆन चोत्तरम् ।
उपद्वाराणिचाष्टौतु श्यामवर्णेन पूरयेत्. ॥ 8 ॥

paścimaṃ raktavarṇena pītavarṇaॆna cottaram |
upadvārāṇicāṣṭautu śyāmavarṇena pūrayet. || 8 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 16.8 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 (16.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pashcima, Raktavarna, Uttaram, Uttara, Upadvara, Autu, Shyamavarna,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 16.8). 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: “paścimaṃ raktavarṇena pītavarṇaॆna cottaram
  • paścimam -
  • paścima (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    paścima (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • raktavarṇena -
  • raktavarṇa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    raktavarṇa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • Cannot analyse pītavarṇaॆna*co
  • co -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • uttaram -
  • uttaram (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    uttara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    uttara (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “upadvārāṇicāṣṭautu śyāmavarṇena pūrayet.
  • upadvārāṇi -
  • upadvāra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • cāṣ -
  • ca (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ṭau -
  • ṭa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ṭa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ṭā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    ṭu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • autu -
  • autu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    autu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    autu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    u (verb class 2)
    [imperative active third single]
  • śyāmavarṇena -
  • śyāmavarṇa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    śyāmavarṇa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • pūrayet -
  • pṝ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
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