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 11.7

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वामपार्श्वस्य हस्तानां चोर्ध्वे शङ्खं वरप्रदम् ।
सगदाकटिहस्तं स्यात् इत्थं तु परमात्मनः ॥ 7 ॥

vāmapārśvasya hastānāṃ cordhve śaṅkhaṃ varapradam |
sagadākaṭihastaṃ syāt itthaṃ tu paramātmanaḥ || 7 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 11.7 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 (11.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vamaparshva, Hasta, Urdhva, Shankha, Varaprada, Syat, Sya, Ittham, Ittha, Paramatman,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 11.7). 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: “vāmapārśvasya hastānāṃ cordhve śaṅkhaṃ varapradam ”
vāmapārśvasya -
vāmapārśva (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
hastānām -
hasta (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

hasta (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

hastā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
co -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ūrdhve -
ūrdhva (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ūrdhva (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

ūrdhvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
śaṅkham -
śaṅkha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śaṅkha (noun, neuter)

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

śaṅkhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
varapradam -
varaprada (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

varaprada (noun, neuter)

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

varapradā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “ sagadākaṭihastaṃ syāt itthaṃ tu paramātmanaḥ ”
Cannot analyse *sagadākaṭihastam*sy
syāt -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
ittham -
ittham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ittha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
paramātmanaḥ -
paramātman (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021