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 24.21

द्वारपालाः पूजनीयाः छंडादीश्च ततोयजेत् ।
विष्वक्येन मधैशान्ये गरुडं पुरतोर्चयेत्. ॥ 21 ॥

dvārapālāḥ pūjanīyāḥ chaṃḍādīśca tatoyajet |
viṣvakyena madhaiśānye garuḍaṃ puratorcayet. || 21 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 24.21 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 (24.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dvarapala, Pujaniya, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Vishvak, Yena, Yah, Yat, Dha, Garuda,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 24.21). 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: “dvārapālāḥ pūjanīyāḥ chaṃḍādīśca tatoyajet
  • dvārapālāḥ -
  • dvārapāla (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • pūjanīyāḥ -
  • pūjanīya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    pūjanīyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    pūj -> pūjanīya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √pūj class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √pūj class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √pūj class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √pūj class 10 verb]
    pūj -> pūjanīyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √pūj class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √pūj class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √pūj class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √pūj class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √pūj class 10 verb], [accusative plural from √pūj class 10 verb]
  • Cannot analyse chaṇḍādīśca*ta
  • tato -
  • 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]
  • yajet -
  • yaj (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “viṣvakyena madhaiśānye garuḍaṃ puratorcayet.
  • viṣvak -
  • viṣvak (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • yena -
  • yena (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • ma -
  • ma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dhai -
  • dha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    dhā (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    dhā (verb class 2)
    [present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
  • aiśānye -
  • garuḍam -
  • garuḍa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • purator -
  • cayet -
  • cay (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
    ci (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
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