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 19.43

सर्वैर्व्याहृतिभिश्चैव सर्पिषाहोममाचरेत् ।
संपातेन शिरोदेशेस्पृसे द्भिंबस्य देशिकः. ॥ 43 ॥

sarvairvyāhṛtibhiścaiva sarpiṣāhomamācaret |
saṃpātena śirodeśespṛse dbhiṃbasya deśikaḥ. || 43 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 19.43 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 (19.43). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sarva, Vyahriti, Sarpis, Ahoma, Sampata, Deshika,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 19.43). 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: “sarvairvyāhṛtibhiścaiva sarpiṣāhomamācaret
  • sarvair -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • vyāhṛtibhiś -
  • vyāhṛti (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • sarpiṣā -
  • sarpis (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • ahomam -
  • ahoma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • ā -
  • ā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • caret -
  • car (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “saṃpātena śirodeśespṛse dbhiṃbasya deśikaḥ.
  • sampātena -
  • sampāta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sampāta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • Cannot analyse śirodeśespṛse*db
  • Cannot analyse dbhimbasya*de
  • deśikaḥ -
  • deśika (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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