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 17.10

समिर्भिर्मूलमंत्रेण तत्तन्मंत्रार्णसंख्यया ।
सूक्तेन पौरुषेणैव चरूणा षोडशाहुतीः. ॥ 10 ॥

samirbhirmūlamaṃtreṇa tattanmaṃtrārṇasaṃkhyayā |
sūktena pauruṣeṇaiva carūṇā ṣoḍaśāhutīḥ. || 10 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 17.10 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 (17.10). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tat, Tad, Tanman, Tra, Arna, Sankhya, Sukta, Paurusha, Caru, Shodasha, Shodashan, Ahuti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 17.10). 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: “samirbhirmūlamaṃtreṇa tattanmaṃtrārṇasaṃkhyayā
  • Cannot analyse samirbhirmūlamantreṇa*ta
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tanman -
  • tanman (noun, neuter)
    [vocative single]
  • trā -
  • tra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    trā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • arṇa -
  • arṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    arṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • saṅkhyayā -
  • saṅkhyā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • Line 2: “sūktena pauruṣeṇaiva carūṇā ṣoḍaśāhutīḥ.
  • sūktena -
  • sūkta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sūkta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • pauruṣeṇai -
  • pauruṣa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    pauruṣa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • carū -
  • caru (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ṇā -
  • ṣoḍaśā -
  • ṣoḍaśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ṣoḍaśa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ṣoḍaśan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    ṣoḍaśan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • āhutīḥ -
  • āhuti (noun, feminine)
    [accusative plural]
    āhutī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
    āhutī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative plural]
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