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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 26.16
उरुमात्रं तदारभ्य पवित्रं मध्यमं स्मृतं ।
उत्तमंजानुमात्रंतु पवित्राणां प्रमाणकं. ॥ 16 ॥
urumātraṃ tadārabhya pavitraṃ madhyamaṃ smṛtaṃ |
uttamaṃjānumātraṃtu pavitrāṇāṃ pramāṇakaṃ. || 16 ||
The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 26.16 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 (26.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Uru, Atra, Tada, Arabhya, Pavitra, Madhyama, Smrita, Uttamam, Janu, Matra, Pramanaka,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “urumātraṃ tadārabhya pavitraṃ madhyamaṃ smṛtaṃ ”
- urum -
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uru (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- ātram -
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ātra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- tadā -
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tadā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tadā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tadā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tada (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tada (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]tadā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ārabhya -
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ārabhya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ārabhya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pavitram -
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pavitra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]pavitra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]pavitrā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- madhyamam -
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madhyama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]madhyama (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]madhyamā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- smṛtam -
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smṛta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]smṛta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]smṛtā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
- Line 2: “uttamaṃjānumātraṃtu pavitrāṇāṃ pramāṇakaṃ. ”
- uttamañ -
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uttamam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- jānu -
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jānu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- mātra -
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mātṛ (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]mātra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]mātra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]mātṛ (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- antu -
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antu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- pavitrāṇām -
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pavitra (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]pavitra (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]pavitrā (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]
- pramāṇakam -
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pramāṇaka (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]pramāṇaka (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]pramāṇakā (noun, feminine)[adverb]