Paramesvara-samhita [sanskrit]

67,204 words | ISBN-13: 9788179070383

The Sanskrit text of the Paramesvara-samhita, an ancient Vaishnava Agama, belonging to the Pancaratra tradition. Topics include meditation on mantras, architectural material for buildings, image-worship and philosophy. The rules of Paramesvara-samhita (similar in nature to the Paushkara-samhita) is today followed in the Shrirangam temple. Alternative titles: Parameśvarasaṃhitā (परमेश्वरसंहिता), Parameśvara-saṃhitā (परमेश्वर-संहिता), Parameshvarasamhita, Parameshvara, Paramesvarasamhita.

Verse 24.80

केशवः प्रथमो वाच्यस्ततो नारायणः परः ।
माधवश्चैव गोविन्दो विष्णुश्च मधुसूदनः ॥ 80 ॥

keśavaḥ prathamo vācyastato nārāyaṇaḥ paraḥ |
mādhavaścaiva govindo viṣṇuśca madhusūdanaḥ || 80 ||

The English translation of Parameshara-samhita Verse 24.80 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 (24.80). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Keshava, Prathama, Vaci, Vacya, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Narayana, Parah, Para, Madhava, Madhu, Govinda, Vishnu, Madhusudana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Parameshara-samhita Verse 24.80). 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: “keśavaḥ prathamo vācyastato nārāyaṇaḥ paraḥ
  • keśavaḥ -
  • keśava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • prathamo* -
  • prathama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vācyas -
  • vācī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vācya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    vac -> vācya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √vac]
  • tato* -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • nārāyaṇaḥ -
  • nārāyaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • paraḥ -
  • paraḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    para (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “mādhavaścaiva govindo viṣṇuśca madhusūdanaḥ
  • mādhavaś -
  • mādhava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    mādhu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    mādhu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • govindo* -
  • govinda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • viṣṇuś -
  • viṣṇu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    viṣṇu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • madhusūdanaḥ -
  • madhusūdana (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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