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 24.10

शालिपिष्ठै श्शितैश्चित्रैश्चित्रयेन्मंडलं ततः ।
कर्णिकां पीतवर्णेन शुक्लैर्बिंदून्विभूषयेत्. ॥ 10 ॥

śālipiṣṭhai śśitaiścitraiścitrayenmaṃḍalaṃ tataḥ |
karṇikāṃ pītavarṇena śuklairbiṃdūnvibhūṣayet. || 10 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 24.10 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 (24.10). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sha, Alipi, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Karnika, Pitavarna, Shukla, Bindu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 24.10). 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: “śālipiṣṭhai śśitaiścitraiścitrayenmaṃḍalaṃ tataḥ
  • śā -
  • śa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • alipiṣ -
  • alipi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    alipi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ṭhai -
  • Cannot analyse śśitaiścitraiścitrayenmaṇḍalam*ta
  • tataḥ -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • Line 2: “karṇikāṃ pītavarṇena śuklairbiṃdūnvibhūṣayet.
  • karṇikām -
  • karṇikā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • pītavarṇena -
  • pītavarṇa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • śuklair -
  • śukla (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    śukla (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • bindūn -
  • bindu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • vi -
  • vi (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    vi (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    vi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ve (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vi (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • bhūṣayet -
  • bhūṣ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
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