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 21.19

पंचगव्यैश्च संप्रोक्ष्य वितानाद्यैश्च भूषयेत् ।
गंधैश्च धूपयित्वातु दीपानारोपयेत्ततः ॥ 19 ॥

paṃcagavyaiśca saṃprokṣya vitānādyaiśca bhūṣayet |
gaṃdhaiśca dhūpayitvātu dīpānāropayettataḥ || 19 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 21.19 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 (21.19). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pancagavya, Vitana, Yah, Yat, Gandha, Dipa, Aropa, Tta, Tas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 21.19). 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: “paṃcagavyaiśca saṃprokṣya vitānādyaiśca bhūṣayet
  • pañcagavyaiś -
  • pañcagavya (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    pañcagavya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse samprokṣya*vi
  • vitānād -
  • vitāna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    vitāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • yaiś -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhūṣayet -
  • bhūṣ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “gaṃdhaiśca dhūpayitvātu dīpānāropayettataḥ
  • gandhaiś -
  • gandha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    gandha (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse dhūpayitvātu*dī
  • dīpān -
  • dīpa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • āropa -
  • āropa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • tta -
  • tta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • taḥ -
  • tas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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