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 18.48

स्नपनं ।
इदं विष्णुरिति पोक्ष्य स्नापये त्पुरुषोत्तमम् ।
मूलमंत्रेण चार्घ्यादि दीपांतैरर्चयेद्विभुम्. ॥ 48 ॥

snapanaṃ |
idaṃ viṣṇuriti pokṣya snāpaye tpuruṣottamam |
mūlamaṃtreṇa cārghyādi dīpāṃtairarcayedvibhum. || 48 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 18.48 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 (18.48). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Snapana, Idam, Vishnu, Iti, Ukshya, Sna, Apaya, Mulamantra, Arghya, Dipa, Tad, Vibhu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 18.48). 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: “snapanaṃ
  • snapanam -
  • snapana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    snapana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “idaṃ viṣṇuriti pokṣya snāpaye tpuruṣottamam
  • idam -
  • idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • viṣṇur -
  • viṣṇu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    viṣṇu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • po -
  • pa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    pu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • ukṣya -
  • ukṣ -> ukṣya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √ukṣ]
    ukṣ -> ukṣya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ukṣ class 1 verb]
    ukṣ -> ukṣya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ukṣ class 1 verb]
  • snā -
  • snā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • apaye -
  • apayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    pay (verb class 1)
    [imperfect middle first single]
    pi (verb class 1)
    [imperfect middle first single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperfect middle first single]
  • Cannot analyse tpuruṣottamam
  • Line 3: “mūlamaṃtreṇa cārghyādi dīpāṃtairarcayedvibhum.
  • mūlamantreṇa -
  • mūlamantra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ārghyā -
  • ārghya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ārghya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ārghyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • adi -
  • ad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ad (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • dīpān -
  • dīpa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    dīpā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • tair -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • arcayed -
  • ṛc (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
    ṛc (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • vibhum -
  • vibhu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    vibhu (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
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