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 30.8

अथिकपाठानि ।
यःपूजयति तद्बिंबं लोभमोहदि हेतुभिः ।
तद्ग्रामनाशनं सिद्धं राजाराष्ट्रं च नश्यति ।
हीनांगानि तु बिंबानि तानिहित्वा पुनसृजेत् ।
अंगमात्र समाधाने सृष्ठो नर्वात्मनापिच. ॥ 8 ॥

athikapāṭhāni |
yaḥpūjayati tadbiṃbaṃ lobhamohadi hetubhiḥ |
tadgrāmanāśanaṃ siddhaṃ rājārāṣṭraṃ ca naśyati |
hīnāṃgāni tu biṃbāni tānihitvā punasṛjet |
aṃgamātra samādhāne sṛṣṭho narvātmanāpica. || 8 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 30.8 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 (30.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yah, Pujayat, Tad, Tat, Bimba, Lobha, Oha, Hetu, Grama, Nashana, Siddha, Raja, Rajan, Raj, Arashtra, Nashyat, Hinanga, Tani, Hitva, Hitvan, Puna, Anga, Atra, Samadhana, Atman, Api,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 30.8). 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: “athikapāṭhāni
  • Cannot analyse athikapāṭhāni
  • Line 2: “yaḥpūjayati tadbiṃbaṃ lobhamohadi hetubhiḥ
  • yaḥ -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • pūjayati -
  • pūj -> pūjayat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √pūj class 10 verb]
    pūj -> pūjayat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √pūj class 10 verb]
    pūjayat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    pūjayat (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    pūjayat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    pūj (verb class 10)
    [present active third single]
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • bimbam -
  • bimba (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bimba (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    bimbā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • lobham -
  • lobha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • oha -
  • oha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    oha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    uh (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • di -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • hetubhiḥ -
  • hetu (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Line 3: “tadgrāmanāśanaṃ siddhaṃ rājārāṣṭraṃ ca naśyati
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • grāma -
  • grāma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    grāma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nāśanam -
  • nāśana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nāśana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • siddham -
  • siddha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    siddha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    siddhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    sidh -> siddha (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √sidh class 4 verb]
    sidh -> siddha (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √sidh class 4 verb], [accusative single from √sidh class 4 verb]
    sidh -> siddha (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √sidh class 1 verb]
    sidh -> siddha (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √sidh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √sidh class 1 verb]
  • rājā -
  • rāja (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    rājan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    rājā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    rāj (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    rāj (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    rāj (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • arāṣṭram -
  • arāṣṭra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • naśyati -
  • naśyat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    naśyat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    naś -> naśyat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √naś class 4 verb]
    naś -> naśyat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √naś class 4 verb]
    naś (verb class 4)
    [present active third single]
  • Line 4: “hīnāṃgāni tu biṃbāni tānihitvā punasṛjet
  • hīnāṅgāni -
  • hīnāṅga (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • bimbāni -
  • bimba (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • tāni -
  • tānī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    tānī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    tānī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • hitvā -
  • hitvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    dhā -> hitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dhā]
    dhā -> hitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dhā]
    dhā -> hitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dhā]
    dhā -> hitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dhā]
    hi -> hitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √hi]
    hitvan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • puna -
  • puna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    puna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sṛjet -
  • sṛj (verb class 6)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 5: “aṃgamātra samādhāne sṛṣṭho narvātmanāpica.
  • aṅgam -
  • aṅga (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    aṅga (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ātra -
  • ātra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • samādhāne -
  • samādhāna (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • Cannot analyse sṛṣṭho*na
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rvā -
  • ru (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ātmanā -
  • ātman (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
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