Padma-samhita [sanskrit]

80,291 words

The Sanskrit text of the Padma-samhita: an ancient Vaishnava Agama canon of literature, belonging to the Pancaratra tradition.

Verse 2.16.12

अर्धचित्रेण वा सर्वे आभासेनैव वा विधिः ।
मध्यमो वाहनारोहश्शृणुनीचं चतुर्मुख ॥ 12 ॥

ardhacitreṇa vā sarve ābhāsenaiva vā vidhiḥ |
madhyamo vāhanārohaśśṛṇunīcaṃ caturmukha || 12 ||

The Sanskrit text of Padma-samhita Verse 2.16.12 is contained in the book Satvata Samhita (Set of 2 Volumes) by Dr. Bhasyam Swamy. 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 (2.16.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ardhacitra, Sarva, Abhasa, Var, Vidhi, Vahana, Nica, Caturmukha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Padma-samhita Verse 2.16.12). 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: “ardhacitreṇa sarve ābhāsenaiva vidhiḥ
  • ardhacitreṇa -
  • ardhacitra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ardhacitra (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • sarve -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ābhāsenai -
  • ābhāsa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ābhāsa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • vā* -
  • vār (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vār (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vidhiḥ -
  • vidhi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    vidhi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ madhyamo vāhanārohaśśṛṇunīcaṃ caturmukha
  • Cannot analyse *madhyamo*vā
  • vāhanā -
  • vāhana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vāhana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vāhanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • arohaś -
  • ruh (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • śṛṇu -
  • śru (verb class 5)
    [imperative active second single]
  • nīcam -
  • nīca (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nīca (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nīcā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • caturmukha -
  • caturmukha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    caturmukha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
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