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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 28.4
तेषां तु लक्षणं वत्ससमासाच्छ्रुणुपांप्रतम् ।
कूर्ममूर्तिल लक्षणं ।
कूर्मस्यादुन्नतः पृष्ठोश्वेतभागोखुरां चितः ॥ 4 ॥
teṣāṃ tu lakṣaṇaṃ vatsasamāsācchruṇupāṃpratam |
kūrmamūrtila lakṣaṇaṃ |
kūrmasyādunnataḥ pṛṣṭhośvetabhāgokhurāṃ citaḥ || 4 ||
The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 28.4 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 (28.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “teṣāṃ tu lakṣaṇaṃ vatsasamāsācchruṇupāṃpratam ”
- teṣām -
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tad (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]sa (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- lakṣaṇam -
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lakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]lakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]lakṣaṇā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Cannot analyse vatsasamāsācchruṇupāmpratam
- Line 2: “kūrmamūrtila lakṣaṇaṃ ”
- kūrmam -
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kūrma (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- ūr -
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- tila -
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tila (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]√til (verb class 6)[imperative active second single]
- lakṣaṇam -
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lakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]lakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]lakṣaṇā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 3: “kūrmasyādunnataḥ pṛṣṭhośvetabhāgokhurāṃ citaḥ ”
- kūrmasyā -
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kūrma (noun, masculine)[genitive single]
- ad -
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ad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]ad (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- unnataḥ -
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unnata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Cannot analyse pṛṣṭhośvetabhāgokhurām*ci
- citaḥ -
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cit (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]cit (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]cit (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]cita (noun, masculine)[nominative single]