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 27.8

संपूज्य विधिनाकुर्याद्धोमंद मनिकादळैः ।
नृसिंहजयंती ।
चैत्रे श्रवणनक्षत्रे सायं काले नृकेसरिः. ॥ 8 ॥

saṃpūjya vidhinākuryāddhomaṃda manikādaḷaiḥ |
nṛsiṃhajayaṃtī |
caitre śravaṇanakṣatre sāyaṃ kāle nṛkesariḥ. || 8 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 27.8 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 (27.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sampujya, Vidhi, Manda, Nrisimhajayanti, Caitra, Shravananakshatra, Sayam, Saya, Kale, Kala, Nrikesari,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 27.8). 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: “saṃpūjya vidhinākuryāddhomaṃda manikādaḷaiḥ
  • sampūjya -
  • sampūjya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sampūjya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vidhinā -
  • vidhi (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    vidhī (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • kuryāddh -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative active third single]
  • ho -
  • ha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • manda -
  • manda (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    manda (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse manikādaḷaiḥ
  • Line 2: “nṛsiṃhajayaṃtī
  • nṛsiṃhajayantī -
  • nṛsiṃhajayantī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • Line 3: “caitre śravaṇanakṣatre sāyaṃ kāle nṛkesariḥ.
  • caitre -
  • caitra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    caitra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    caitrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • śravaṇanakṣatre -
  • śravaṇanakṣatra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    śravaṇanakṣatra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • sāyam -
  • sāyam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sāya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sāya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    -> sāya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √ class 4 verb]
    -> sāya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √ class 4 verb], [accusative single from √ class 4 verb]
  • kāle -
  • kāle (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kāla (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kāla (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kālā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • nṛkesariḥ -
  • nṛkesari (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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