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 17.16

अधिकपाठाणि ।
नयनोन्मीलनं कृत्या मंगळानि प्रदर्श्यच ।
वस्त्रे राभरणैः पुष्पैर्गंधैश्च विविधैश्शुभैः ।
मनोहर मलंकृत्य बिंबा न्यारोप्य यानके. ॥ 16 ॥

adhikapāṭhāṇi |
nayanonmīlanaṃ kṛtyā maṃgaḷāni pradarśyaca |
vastre rābharaṇaiḥ puṣpairgaṃdhaiśca vividhaiśśubhaiḥ |
manohara malaṃkṛtya biṃbā nyāropya yānake. || 16 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 17.16 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:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (17.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Adhika, Patha, Ani, Nayana, Unmilana, Pradarshin, Vastri, Vastra, Rabha, Rana, Pushpa, Gandha, Vividha, Shubha, Manohara, Bimba, Aropya, Yanaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 17.16). 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: “adhikapāṭhāṇi
  • adhika -
  • adhika (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    adhika (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pāṭhā -
  • pāṭha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pāṭhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aṇi -
  • aṇi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    aṇī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “nayanonmīlanaṃ kṛtyā maṃgaḷāni pradarśyaca
  • nayano -
  • nayana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nayana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nayanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • unmīlanam -
  • unmīlana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    unmīlanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • kṛtyā* -
  • Cannot analyse maṅgaḷāni*pr
  • pradarśya -
  • pradarśin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    pradarśin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • aca -
  • ac (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
    añc (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • Line 3: “vastre rābharaṇaiḥ puṣpairgaṃdhaiśca vividhaiśśubhaiḥ
  • vastre -
  • vastṛ (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    vastra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    vastrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • rābha -
  • rābha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    rābha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • raṇaiḥ -
  • raṇa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    raṇa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • puṣpair -
  • puṣpa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    puṣpa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • gandhaiś -
  • gandha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    gandha (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vividhaiś -
  • vividha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    vividha (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • śubhaiḥ -
  • śubha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    śubha (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Line 4: “manohara malaṃkṛtya biṃbā nyāropya yānake.
  • manohara -
  • manohara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    manohara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse malaṅkṛtya*bi
  • bimbā* -
  • bimba (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    bimbā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • nyā -
  • ni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ni (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • āropya -
  • āropya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āropya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yānake -
  • yānaka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
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