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 27.17

श्रीकृष्ण जन्मोत्सवः ।
श्रावणे कृष्णपक्षेतु रोहिण्यामष्टमीतिथौ ।
श्रीकृष्णभगवज्जन्म दिनेशौरिं समर्चयेत्. ॥ 17 ॥

śrīkṛṣṇa janmotsavaḥ |
śrāvaṇe kṛṣṇapakṣetu rohiṇyāmaṣṭamītithau |
śrīkṛṣṇabhagavajjanma dineśauriṃ samarcayet. || 17 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 27.17 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 (27.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shrikrishna, Janma, Janman, Utsava, Shravana, Krishnapaksha, Rohini, Ashtami, Ititha, Dinesha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 27.17). 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: “śrīkṛṣṇa janmotsavaḥ
  • śrīkṛṣṇa -
  • śrīkṛṣṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • janmo -
  • janma (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    janma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    janman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • utsavaḥ -
  • utsava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “śrāvaṇe kṛṣṇapakṣetu rohiṇyāmaṣṭamītithau
  • śrāvaṇe -
  • śrāvaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    śrāvaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    śrāvaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • kṛṣṇapakṣe -
  • kṛṣṇapakṣa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • rohiṇyām -
  • rohiṇi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    rohiṇī (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • aṣṭamī -
  • aṣṭamī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • itithau -
  • ititha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 3: “śrīkṛṣṇabhagavajjanma dineśauriṃ samarcayet.
  • Cannot analyse śrīkṛṣṇabhagavajjanma*di
  • dineśau -
  • dineśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • aur -
  • o (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
    au (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
    au (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
    u (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • im -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • sam -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sam (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • arcayet -
  • ṛc (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
    ṛc (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
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