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 3.5.18

शब्दस्स्पर्शौ रसो रूपं चातुर्गुण्यपां स्मृतम् ।
शब्दस्पर्शौ रूपरसौ गन्धः पञ्चगुणा मही ॥ 18 ॥

śabdassparśau raso rūpaṃ cāturguṇyapāṃ smṛtam |
śabdasparśau rūparasau gandhaḥ pañcaguṇā mahī || 18 ||

The Sanskrit text of Padma-samhita Verse 3.5.18 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 (3.5.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shabda, Sparsha, Sparshi, Rasa, Rupa, Gunin, Gunya, Guni, Smrita, Shabdasparsha, Gandha, Pancaguna, Mahi, Mahin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Padma-samhita Verse 3.5.18). 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: “śabdassparśau raso rūpaṃ cāturguṇyapāṃ smṛtam
  • śabdas -
  • śabda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sparśau -
  • sparśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sparśi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • raso* -
  • rasa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • rūpam -
  • rūpa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    rūpa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    rūpā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • cāt -
  • ca (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ur -
  • u (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • guṇya -
  • guṇin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    guṇin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    guṇya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    guṇya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    guṇī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    guṇī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    guṇī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • apām -
  • ap (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    (verb class 1)
    [aorist active first single]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first single], [aorist active first single]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first single]
  • smṛtam -
  • smṛta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    smṛta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    smṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
    smṛ -> smṛta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
  • Line 2: “śabdasparśau rūparasau gandhaḥ pañcaguṇā mahī
  • śabdasparśau -
  • śabdasparśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • rūpa -
  • rūpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    rūpa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rasau -
  • rasa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • gandhaḥ -
  • gandha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • pañcaguṇā* -
  • pañcaguṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    pañcaguṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • mahī -
  • mahī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    mahi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    mahi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    mahin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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