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 23.56

संस्थाप्यभेरीं तन्मथ्ये देवानावाहये त्क्रमात् ।
भॆर्यथि देवता वाहनः ।
भूतेशं च महाभूतं विष्णुभक्तं गदाधरम्. ॥ 56 ॥

saṃsthāpyabherīṃ tanmathye devānāvāhaye tkramāt |
bhaॆryathi devatā vāhanaḥ |
bhūteśaṃ ca mahābhūtaṃ viṣṇubhaktaṃ gadādharam. || 56 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 23.56 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:

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

Samsthapya, Bheri, Tat, Tad, Tan, Mathya, Devan, Ahan, Yah, Yat, Devata, Vahana, Bhutesha, Mahabhuta, Vishnubhakta, Gadadhara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 23.56). 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: “saṃsthāpyabherīṃ tanmathye devānāvāhaye tkramāt
  • saṃsthāpya -
  • saṃsthāpya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    saṃsthāpya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saṃsthāpya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bherīm -
  • bherī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • tan -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • mathye -
  • mathya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    mathya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    mathyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    manth (verb class 1)
    [present passive first single]
    manth (verb class 9)
    [present passive first single]
  • devānāvā -
  • devan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • āha -
  • āhan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ah (verb class 5)
    [perfect active third 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]
  • Cannot analyse tkramāt
  • Line 2: “bhaॆryathi devatā vāhanaḥ
  • Cannot analyse bhaॆryathi*de
  • devatā* -
  • devatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    devata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • vāhanaḥ -
  • vāhana (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 3: “bhūteśaṃ ca mahābhūtaṃ viṣṇubhaktaṃ gadādharam.
  • bhūteśam -
  • bhūteśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mahābhūtam -
  • mahābhūta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    mahābhūta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    mahābhūtā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • viṣṇubhaktam -
  • viṣṇubhakta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • gadādharam -
  • gadādhara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    gadādhara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    gadādharā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
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