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 20.48

सर्वेषां ऋत्विजां चैव यतीनां विदुषां तथा ।
यथावित्तानुसारेण तोषये च्च पृधक् पृधक्. ॥ 48 ॥

sarveṣāṃ ṛtvijāṃ caiva yatīnāṃ viduṣāṃ tathā |
yathāvittānusāreṇa toṣaye cca pṛdhak pṛdhak. || 48 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 20.48 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:

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 (20.48). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sarva, Ritvij, Ritvija, Yati, Vidusha, Vidus, Vidvas, Tatha, Yathavittanusarena,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 20.48). 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: “sarveṣāṃ ṛtvijāṃ caiva yatīnāṃ viduṣāṃ tathā
  • sarveṣām -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • ṛtvijām -
  • ṛtvij (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    ṛtvij (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    ṛtvijā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • 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]
  • yatīnām -
  • yati (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    yati (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
    yatī (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
    i -> yatī (participle, feminine)
    [genitive plural from √i class 2 verb]
  • viduṣām -
  • viduṣā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    vidus (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    vidus (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    vidvas (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    vidvas (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    vid -> vidvas (participle, masculine)
    [genitive plural from √vid class 2 verb]
    vid -> vidvas (participle, neuter)
    [genitive plural from √vid class 2 verb]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “yathāvittānusāreṇa toṣaye cca pṛdhak pṛdhak.
  • yathāvittānusāreṇa -
  • yathāvittānusāreṇa (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • toṣaye -
  • tuṣ (verb class 0)
    [present middle first single]
  • Cannot analyse cca*pṛ
  • Cannot analyse pṛdhak*pṛ
  • Cannot analyse pṛdhak
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