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 22.56

अधिकपाठाणि ।
गोभूधान्यादिकं सर्वं यधाशक्ति समर्पयेत् ।
दीक्षितस्य प्रशस्तता ।
यइत्थं वैष्णवींदीक्षां प्राप्नोति सुविनिश्चयम् ।
ब्राह्मणो नेदविद्विद्वान् ससर्वाश्रमिणां वरः ॥ 56 ॥

adhikapāṭhāṇi |
gobhūdhānyādikaṃ sarvaṃ yadhāśakti samarpayet |
dīkṣitasya praśastatā |
yaitthaṃ vaiṣṇavīṃdīkṣāṃ prāpnoti suviniścayam |
brāhmaṇo nedavidvidvān sasarvāśramiṇāṃ varaḥ || 56 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 22.56 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 (22.56). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Adhika, Patha, Ani, Bhu, Udhan, Adika, Sarvam, Sarva, Dikshita, Prashastata, Tha, Vaishnavi, Diksha, Pra, Suvinishcaya, Brahmana, Vid, Vidh, Vidvas, Sasa, Ashramin, Vara, Varas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 22.56). 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: “adhikapāṭhāṇi
  • adhika -
  • adhika (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    adhika (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pāṭhā -
  • pāṭha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pāṭhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aṇi -
  • aṇi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    aṇī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “gobhūdhānyādikaṃ sarvaṃ yadhāśakti samarpayet
  • go -
  • go (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    ga (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    gu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • bhū -
  • bhu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    bhu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    bhu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    bhū (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    bhū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    bhū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
  • udhānyā -
  • udhan (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ādikam -
  • ādika (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ādika (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • sarvam -
  • sarvam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sarva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse yadhāśakti*sa
  • sam -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sam (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • arpayet -
  • (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 3: “dīkṣitasya praśastatā
  • dīkṣitasya -
  • dīkṣita (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    dīkṣ -> dīkṣita (participle, masculine)
    [genitive single from √dīkṣ]
    dīkṣ -> dīkṣita (participle, neuter)
    [genitive single from √dīkṣ]
  • praśastatā -
  • praśastatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 4: “yaitthaṃ vaiṣṇavīṃdīkṣāṃ prāpnoti suviniścayam
  • yai -
  • (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    i (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ait -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • tham -
  • tha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    tha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vaiṣṇavī -
  • vaiṣṇavī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • īn -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • dīkṣām -
  • dīkṣā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • prā -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    pra (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
    prā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • āpnoti -
  • āp (verb class 5)
    [present active third single]
  • suviniścayam -
  • suviniścaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • Line 5: “brāhmaṇo nedavidvidvān sasarvāśramiṇāṃ varaḥ
  • brāhmaṇo* -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • neda -
  • nad (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
    ned (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • vid -
  • vid (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vid (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vidh (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vidh (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • vidvān -
  • vidvas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    vid -> vidvas (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √vid class 2 verb]
  • sasa -
  • sasa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sasa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (verb class 4)
    [perfect active second plural]
    sai (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • rvā -
  • ru (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • āśramiṇām -
  • āśramin (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    āśramin (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • varaḥ -
  • varas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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