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 28.9

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नाभिचक्रयुता सम्यक्कूर्माकारातु पोर्श्वतः ।
स्थिरासनाचतत्पृष्ठॆ उन्नतानील लोहिता. ॥ 9 ॥

nābhicakrayutā samyakkūrmākārātu porśvataḥ |
sthirāsanācatatpṛṣṭhaॆ unnatānīla lohitā. || 9 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 28.9 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 (28.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nabhicakra, Yut, Yuta, Samyak, Kurmakara, Tas, Unnata, Lohita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 28.9). 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: “nābhicakrayutā samyakkūrmākārātu porśvataḥ ”
nābhicakra -
nābhicakra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yutā -
yut (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yut (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

yutā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√yu -> yutā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √yu class 2 verb], [nominative single from √yu class 6 verb], [nominative single from √yu class 9 verb]

√yu -> yutā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √yu class 3 verb]
samyak -
samyak (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kūrmākārā -
kūrmākāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kūrmākāra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ātu -
ātu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
por -
śva -
śvan (noun, masculine)

[compound]
taḥ -
tas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “sthirāsanācatatpṛṣṭhaॆ unnatānīla lohitā. ”
Cannot analyse sthirāsanācatatpṛṣṭhaॆ*un
unnatānī -
unnata (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ila -
√il (verb class 6)

[imperative active second single]
lohitā -
lohitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√luh (verb class 1)

[periphrastic-future active third single]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021