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 28.35

अथोमुख नृसिंहः ।
मुखे पार्श्वेच पृष्ठॆच त्रिचक्रैरुपशोभितः ।
अधोमुखनृसिंहाख्य मर्चकानां विमुक्तिदं. ॥ 35 ॥

athomukha nṛsiṃhaḥ |
mukhe pārśveca pṛṣṭhaॆca tricakrairupaśobhitaḥ |
adhomukhanṛsiṃhākhya marcakānāṃ vimuktidaṃ. || 35 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 28.35 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 (28.35). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atho, Mukha, Nrisimha, Parshva, Parshvi, Tricakra, Upashobhita, Adhomukha, Akhya, Asmad, Rica, Vimuktida,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 28.35). 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: “athomukha nṛsiṃhaḥ
  • atho -
  • atho (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • mukha -
  • mukha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mukha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nṛsiṃhaḥ -
  • nṛsiṃha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “mukhe pārśveca pṛṣṭhaॆca tricakrairupaśobhitaḥ
  • mukhe -
  • mukha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    mukha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • pārśve -
  • pārśva (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    pārśva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    pārśvi (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    pārśvi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    pārśvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse pṛṣṭhaॆca*tr
  • tricakrair -
  • tricakra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    tricakra (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • upaśobhitaḥ -
  • upaśobhita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 3: “adhomukhanṛsiṃhākhya marcakānāṃ vimuktidaṃ.
  • adhomukha -
  • adhomukha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    adhomukha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nṛsiṃhā -
  • nṛsiṃha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ākhya -
  • ākhya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ākhya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mar -
  • (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    ma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative single]
  • ṛca -
  • ṛca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ṛc (verb class 6)
    [imperative active second single]
  • kānām -
  • ka (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • vimuktidam -
  • vimuktida (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vimuktida (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vimuktidā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
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