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 18.27

पुरुषे णार्घ्यतोयेनप्रोक्षयेत्प्राङ्मुखस्स्वयम् ।
विश्वेनाक्षतविन्यासं कृत्वा कुंभानि तानिवै. ॥ 27 ॥

puruṣe ṇārghyatoyenaprokṣayetprāṅmukhassvayam |
viśvenākṣatavinyāsaṃ kṛtvā kuṃbhāni tānivai. || 27 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 18.27 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 (18.27). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Purusha, Ina, Pranmukha, Svayam, Vishva, Akshata, Vinyasa, Kritva, Kritvan, Kumbha, Tad, Tani,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 18.27). 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: “puruṣe ṇārghyatoyenaprokṣayetprāṅmukhassvayam
  • puruṣe -
  • puruṣa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    puruṣa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    puruṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ṇā -
  • ṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ārghyato -
  • argh (verb class 1)
    [imperfect passive third single]
  • uye -
  • -> uya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √]
  • ina -
  • ina (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ina (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pro -
  • kṣayet -
  • kṣi (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
    kṣī (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • prāṅmukhas -
  • prāṅmukha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • svayam -
  • svayam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Line 2: “viśvenākṣatavinyāsaṃ kṛtvā kuṃbhāni tānivai.
  • viśvenā -
  • viśva (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    viśva (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • akṣata -
  • akṣata (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    akṣata (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    akṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second plural]
  • vinyāsam -
  • vinyāsa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • kṛtvā -
  • kṛtvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛtvan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kumbhāni -
  • kumbha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • tāni -
  • tānī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    tānī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    tānī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vai -
  • (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
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