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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 26.20
देवानुरूपकं कुर्यात् पवित्रं तु प्रमाणतः ।
सूत्रसंख्या निर्णयविधिः ।
कनिष्ठंतं तु विज्ञेय मष्टाविंशति तंतुभिः. ॥ 20 ॥
devānurūpakaṃ kuryāt pavitraṃ tu pramāṇataḥ |
sūtrasaṃkhyā nirṇayavidhiḥ |
kaniṣṭhaṃtaṃ tu vijñeya maṣṭāviṃśati taṃtubhiḥ. || 20 ||
The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 26.20 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 (26.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Deva, Uru, Upaka, Pavitra, Pramanatah, Sutra, Sankhya, Nirnaya, Vidhi, Kani, Vijneya, Mashta, Shati, Shatin, Tantu,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 26.20). 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: “devānurūpakaṃ kuryāt pavitraṃ tu pramāṇataḥ ”
- devān -
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deva (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- urū -
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uru (indeclinable)[indeclinable]uru (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]uru (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- upakam -
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upaka (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- kuryāt -
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√kṛ (verb class 8)[optative active third single]
- pavitram -
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pavitra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]pavitra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]pavitrā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- pramāṇataḥ -
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pramāṇataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- Line 2: “sūtrasaṃkhyā nirṇayavidhiḥ ”
- sūtra -
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sūtra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- saṅkhyā* -
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saṅkhya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]saṅkhyā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- nirṇaya -
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nirṇaya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- vidhiḥ -
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vidhi (noun, feminine)[nominative single]vidhi (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 3: “kaniṣṭhaṃtaṃ tu vijñeya maṣṭāviṃśati taṃtubhiḥ. ”
- kani -
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kanī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- ṣṭhan -
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ṣṭhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- tam -
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ta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tā (noun, feminine)[adverb]tan (noun, masculine)[adverb]sa (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- vijñeya -
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vijñeya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vijñeya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- maṣṭāvi -
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√maṣ -> maṣṭa (participle, masculine)[nominative dual from √maṣ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √maṣ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √maṣ class 1 verb]√maś -> maṣṭa (participle, masculine)[nominative dual from √maś class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √maś class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √maś class 1 verb]
- iṃ -
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i (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- śati -
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śatī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]śatin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]śatin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- tantubhiḥ -
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tantu (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]