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 25.8

तालमानोन्नतां वेदीं दर्पणोदरवत्समाम् ।
तद्दक्षिणे पंचवर्ण चूर्णानि कुसुमानिच. ॥ 8 ॥

tālamānonnatāṃ vedīṃ darpaṇodaravatsamām |
taddakṣiṇe paṃcavarṇa cūrṇāni kusumānica. || 8 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 25.8 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 (25.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Talamana, Unnata, Vedi, Darpana, Udaravat, Sama, Tad, Tat, Dakshine, Dakshina, Pancavarna, Curna, Kusuma,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 25.8). 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: “tālamānonnatāṃ vedīṃ darpaṇodaravatsamām
  • tālamāno -
  • tālamāna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tālamāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • unnatām -
  • unnatā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • vedīm -
  • vedī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • darpaṇo -
  • darpaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    darpaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    darpaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • udaravat -
  • udaravat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    udaravat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • samām -
  • samā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “taddakṣiṇe paṃcavarṇa cūrṇāni kusumānica.
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • dakṣiṇe -
  • dakṣiṇe (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    dakṣiṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    dakṣiṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    dakṣiṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • pañcavarṇa -
  • pañcavarṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pañcavarṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • cūrṇāni -
  • cūrṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • kusumāni -
  • kusuma (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
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