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 10.60

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स्फटिकेति समा प्रोक्ता पूर्वा पूर्वोत्तमोत्तमा ।
द्व्यङ्गुलं तु यदुत्सेधमथवा चतुरङ्गुलम् ॥ 60 ॥

sphaṭiketi samā proktā pūrvā pūrvottamottamā |
dvyaṅgulaṃ tu yadutsedhamathavā caturaṅgulam || 60 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 10.60 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 (10.60). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sphatika, Iti, Sama, Prokta, Purva, Uttamottama, Yat, Yad, Utsedha, Athava, Caturangula,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 10.60). 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: “sphaṭiketi samā proktā pūrvā pūrvottamottamā ”
sphaṭike -
sphaṭika (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

sphaṭikā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
samā -
samā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
proktā -
proktā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
pūrvā -
pūrvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
pūrvo -
pūrva (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

pūrva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pūrva (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

pūrvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
uttamottamā -
uttamottamā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “ dvyaṅgulaṃ tu yadutsedhamathavā caturaṅgulam ”
Cannot analyse *dvyaṅgulam*tu
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
yad -
yat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yad (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

yat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
utsedham -
utsedha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

utsedha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
athavā -
athavā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
caturaṅgulam -
caturaṅgula (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

caturaṅgula (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021