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 22.1

ओं ।
श्रीमत्पांचरात्र दिव्यागमे श्री पुरुषोत्तम संहितायां ।
द्वाविंशोध्यायः ।
चक्राब्जमंडल दीक्षाविधिः ।
ब्रह्मौवाच ।
दीक्षाविधिश्रवणार्थं ब्रह्मप्रश्नः ।
भगवन् श्रोतु मिच्छामि देवदीक्षां परांशुभाम् ।
कस्मिन् कारेतु कर्तव्यं देवताराधनार्हताम्. ॥ 1 ॥

oṃ |
śrīmatpāṃcarātra divyāgame śrī puruṣottama saṃhitāyāṃ |
dvāviṃśodhyāyaḥ |
cakrābjamaṃḍala dīkṣāvidhiḥ |
brahmauvāca |
dīkṣāvidhiśravaṇārthaṃ brahmapraśnaḥ |
bhagavan śrotu micchāmi devadīkṣāṃ parāṃśubhām |
kasmin kāretu kartavyaṃ devatārādhanārhatām. || 1 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 22.1 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 (22.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shrimat, Pancaratra, Div, Divi, Divya, Agama, Shri, Purushottama, Samhita, Dvavimsha, Dha, Dhi, Dhya, Aya, Ayas, Cakrabjamandala, Dikshavidhi, Brahma, Brahman, Shravanartha, Prashna, Bhagavat, Bhagavan, Mit, Sha, Amin, Deva, Diksha, Para, Shubha, Shubh, Kah, Kim, Kara, Kari, Kartavya, Devataradhana, Arhat, Arhata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 22.1). 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: “oṃ
  • Cannot analyse om
  • Line 2: “śrīmatpāṃcarātra divyāgame śrī puruṣottama saṃhitāyāṃ
  • śrīmat -
  • śrīmat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    śrīmat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • pāñcarātra -
  • pāñcarātra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pāñcarātra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • divyā -
  • divi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    divī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single]
    divya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    divya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    div -> divya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √div]
    div (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    divyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • āgame -
  • āgama (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    āgama (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    āgamā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • śrī -
  • śrī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    śrī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • puruṣottama -
  • puruṣottama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • saṃhitāyām -
  • saṃhitā (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • Line 3: “dvāviṃśodhyāyaḥ
  • dvāviṃśo -
  • dvāviṃśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dhyā -
  • dhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    dhī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    dhā (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    dhyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • āyaḥ -
  • āyas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    āya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 4: “cakrābjamaṃḍala dīkṣāvidhiḥ
  • cakrābjamaṇḍala -
  • cakrābjamaṇḍala (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    cakrābjamaṇḍala (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dīkṣāvidhiḥ -
  • dīkṣāvidhi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 5: “brahmauvāca
  • brahmau -
  • brahma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    brahma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    brahman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    brahmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    brahm (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • auvā -
  • u (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • aca -
  • ac (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
    añc (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • Line 6: “dīkṣāvidhiśravaṇārthaṃ brahmapraśnaḥ
  • dīkṣāvidhi -
  • dīkṣāvidhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • śravaṇārtham -
  • śravaṇārtha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śravaṇārtha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • brahma -
  • brahma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    brahma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    brahman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    brahm (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • praśnaḥ -
  • praśna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 7: “bhagavan śrotu micchāmi devadīkṣāṃ parāṃśubhām
  • bhagavan -
  • bhagavat (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    bhagavan (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • śrotu -
  • śrotu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • micch -
  • mit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • śā -
  • śa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ami -
  • amin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    amin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • deva -
  • deva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    deva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    devan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    div (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • dīkṣām -
  • dīkṣā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • parāṃ -
  • parā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • śubhām -
  • śubhā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    śubh (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • Line 8: “kasmin kāretu kartavyaṃ devatārādhanārhatām.
  • kasmin -
  • ka (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • kāre -
  • kāra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kāra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kārā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kāri (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    kāri (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • kartavyam -
  • kartavya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kartavya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kartavyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    kṛ -> kartavya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
    kṛ -> kartavya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
    kṛ -> kartavya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]
    kṛ -> kartavya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 6 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]
  • devatārādhanā -
  • devatārādhana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • arhatām -
  • arhat (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    arhat (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    arhatā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    arh (verb class 1)
    [imperative active third dual], [imperative middle third single]
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