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 28.55

दशकंठकुलांतक रामः ।
सचक्रःकुक्कुटाकार श्श्यामलः वृष्ठमुन्नतः ।
रेखाद्वय समायुक्तो द्वारपार्श्वेतु पद्मज ॥ 55 ॥

daśakaṃṭhakulāṃtaka rāmaḥ |
sacakraḥkukkuṭākāra śśyāmalaḥ vṛṣṭhamunnataḥ |
rekhādvaya samāyukto dvārapārśvetu padmaja || 55 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 28.55 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 (28.55). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dashakantha, Kula, Taka, Rama, Sacakra, Kukkuta, Akara, Rekha, Vaya, Samayukta, Dvara, Parshva, Parshvi, Padmaja,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 28.55). 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: “daśakaṃṭhakulāṃtaka rāmaḥ
  • daśakaṇṭha -
  • daśakaṇṭha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kulān -
  • kula (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • taka -
  • taka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tak (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • rāmaḥ -
  • rāma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [present active first plural]
  • Line 2: “sacakraḥkukkuṭākāra śśyāmalaḥ vṛṣṭhamunnataḥ
  • sacakraḥ -
  • sacakra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kukkuṭā -
  • kukkuṭa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kukkuṭa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kukkuṭā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • akāra -
  • akāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse śśyāmalaḥ*vṛ
  • Cannot analyse vṛṣṭhamunnataḥ
  • Line 3: “rekhādvaya samāyukto dvārapārśvetu padmaja
  • rekhād -
  • rekha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • vaya -
  • vaya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ve (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    vay (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • samāyukto* -
  • samāyukta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dvāra -
  • dvāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dvāra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative 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]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • padmaja -
  • padmaja (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
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