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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 23.8
धर्मार्थकाम मोक्षाणां पुरुषार्धप्रदं शुभम् ।
दीर्धनक्षत्र निर्णयः ।
अरंभे देवयागाना मुत्तरायण मुत्तमम्. ॥ 8 ॥
dharmārthakāma mokṣāṇāṃ puruṣārdhapradaṃ śubham |
dīrdhanakṣatra nirṇayaḥ |
araṃbhe devayāgānā muttarāyaṇa muttamam. || 8 ||
The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 23.8 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 (23.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Dharmarthakama, Moksha, Purusha, Ardha, Prada, Shubha, Shubh, Dhana, Kshatra, Nirnaya, Deva, Devaya, Mud, Tara, Tamam, Tama,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 23.8). 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: “dharmārthakāma mokṣāṇāṃ puruṣārdhapradaṃ śubham ”
- dharmārthakāma -
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dharmārthakāma (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dharmārthakāma (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- mokṣāṇām -
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mokṣa (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]mokṣā (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]
- puruṣā -
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puruṣa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]puruṣa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]puruṣā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ardha -
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ardha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ardha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pradam -
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prada (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]prada (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]pradā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- śubham -
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śubha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śubha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śubhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]śubh (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- Line 2: “dīrdhanakṣatra nirṇayaḥ ”
- dīr -
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dī (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [vocative single]
- dhana -
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dhana (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dhana (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√dhan (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- kṣatra -
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kṣatra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- nirṇayaḥ -
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nirṇaya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 3: “ araṃbhe devayāgānā muttarāyaṇa muttamam. ”
- Cannot analyse *arambhe*de
- devayā -
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devā (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]devayā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√div (verb class 10)[imperative active second single]√dīv (verb class 0)[imperative active second single]
- āgānā -
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- mut -
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mud (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
- tarāya -
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tara (noun, masculine)[dative single]tara (noun, neuter)[dative single]
- ṇa -
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ṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- mut -
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mud (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
- tamam -
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tamam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]tama (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tamā (noun, feminine)[adverb]