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 20.25

तद्विष्णुं प्रतिमायां तु विन्यसेत्सु समाहितः ।
निवृत्तिमंत्रमुच्चार्य तस्मिन्बिंबेस्थितं स्मरेत्. ॥ 25 ॥

tadviṣṇuṃ pratimāyāṃ tu vinyasetsu samāhitaḥ |
nivṛttimaṃtramuccārya tasminbiṃbesthitaṃ smaret. || 25 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 20.25 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 (20.25). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Tat, Vishnu, Pratimaya, Pratima, Samahita, Nivritti, Antra, Uccarya, Bimba, Bimbi, Sthita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 20.25). 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: “tadviṣṇuṃ pratimāyāṃ tu vinyasetsu samāhitaḥ
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • viṣṇum -
  • viṣṇu (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    viṣṇu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • pratimāyām -
  • pratimāyā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    pratimā (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • Cannot analyse vinyasetsu*sa
  • samāhitaḥ -
  • samāhita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “nivṛttimaṃtramuccārya tasminbiṃbesthitaṃ smaret.
  • nivṛttim -
  • nivṛtti (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • antram -
  • antra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    antrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • uccārya -
  • uccārya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    uccārya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tasmin -
  • tad (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • bimbe -
  • bimba (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bimba (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    bimbā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    bimbi (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    bimbi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • sthitam -
  • sthita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sthita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sthitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
    sthā -> sthita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb], [accusative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
  • smaret -
  • smṛ (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
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