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 26.17

वनमालादि पवित्र प्रमाणानि ।
वनमालापवित्रंतु प्रतिमायाम संमितं ।
कनिष्ठिक पवित्रं तु पवित्रमधिवासकं. ॥ 17 ॥

vanamālādi pavitra pramāṇāni |
vanamālāpavitraṃtu pratimāyāma saṃmitaṃ |
kaniṣṭhika pavitraṃ tu pavitramadhivāsakaṃ. || 17 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 26.17 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 (26.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vanamala, Pavitra, Pramana, Pratimaya, Pratima, Mit, Mita, Nishtha, Adhivasa, Kah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 26.17). 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: “vanamālādi pavitra pramāṇāni
  • vanamālā -
  • vanamāla (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vanamāla (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vanamālā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • adi -
  • ad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ad (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • pavitra -
  • pavitra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pavitra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pramāṇāni -
  • pramāṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “vanamālāpavitraṃtu pratimāyāma saṃmitaṃ
  • vanamālā -
  • vanamālā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • pavitra -
  • pavitṛ (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    pavitra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pavitra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • antu -
  • antu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • pratimāyām -
  • pratimāyā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    pratimā (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • saṃ -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • mitam -
  • mita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    mita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    mitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    mit (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    -> mita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √ class 3 verb], [accusative single from √ class 4 verb]
    -> mita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √ class 3 verb], [accusative single from √ class 3 verb], [nominative single from √ class 4 verb], [accusative single from √ class 4 verb]
    mi -> mita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √mi class 5 verb]
    mi -> mita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √mi class 5 verb], [accusative single from √mi class 5 verb]
  • Line 3: “kaniṣṭhika pavitraṃ tu pavitramadhivāsakaṃ.
  • ka -
  • ka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • niṣṭhi -
  • niṣṭhā (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • ka -
  • ka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pavitram -
  • pavitra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pavitra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pavitrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • pavitram -
  • pavitra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pavitra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pavitrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • adhivāsa -
  • adhivāsa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kam -
  • ka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
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