Visvaksena-samhita [sanskrit]

33,819 words | ISBN-13: 9788179070383

The Sanskrit text of the Visvaksena-samhita, an ancient Vaishnava Agama, belonging to the Pancaratra tradition. An important topic discussed in the Samhita is that Aniruddha created Brahma and Brahma created all the men and women of the four castes. Visvaksena (lit. “lord of hosts”) is a sort of chief minister to God in all heavenly and mundane affairs. Alternative titles: Viśvaksenāsaṃhitā (विश्वक्सेनासंहिता), Viśvaksenā-saṃhitā (विश्वक्सेना-संहिता), Vishvaksenasamhita, Vishvaksena, Visvaksenasamhita.

Verse 10.29

पञ्चभागसमोत्तुङ्गं प्रतिमा मध्यमा तु सा ।
गर्भगेहार्धतुङ्गा या सावरा प्रतिमोच्छ्रया ॥ 29 ॥

pañcabhāgasamottuṅgaṃ pratimā madhyamā tu sā |
garbhagehārdhatuṅgā yā sāvarā pratimocchrayā || 29 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 10.29 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 (10.29). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Panca, Pancan, Bhaga, Sama, Uttunga, Pratima, Madhyama, Savara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 10.29). 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: “pañcabhāgasamottuṅgaṃ pratimā madhyamā tu
  • pañca -
  • pañca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pañca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pañcan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    pañcan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pañc (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • bhāga -
  • bhāga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhāga (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • samo -
  • sama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sama (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    sam (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • uttuṅgam -
  • uttuṅga (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    uttuṅga (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    uttuṅgā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • pratimā* -
  • pratimā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    pratimā (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [nominative plural], [vocative single], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    pratima (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • madhyamā -
  • madhyamā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ garbhagehārdhatuṅgā sāvarā pratimocchrayā
  • Cannot analyse *garbhagehārdhatuṅgā*yā
  • -
  • (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sāvarā -
  • sāvarā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse pratimocchrayā
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