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 20.38

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अभ्यासोऽष्टाक्षरस्यैकः प्राणायामः स मध्यमः ।
प्राणो वायुः शरीरस्थः तस्यायामो निरोधकः ॥ 38 ॥

abhyāso'ṣṭākṣarasyaikaḥ prāṇāyāmaḥ sa madhyamaḥ |
prāṇo vāyuḥ śarīrasthaḥ tasyāyāmo nirodhakaḥ || 38 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.38 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 (20.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Abhyasa, Ashtakshara, Aika, Pranayama, Madhyama, Vayu, Sharirastha, Tad, Ayama, Nirodhaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.38). 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: “abhyāso'ṣṭākṣarasyaikaḥ prāṇāyāmaḥ sa madhyamaḥ ”
abhyāso' -
abhyāsa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
aṣṭākṣarasyai -
aṣṭākṣara (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

aṣṭākṣara (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
aikaḥ -
aika (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
prāṇāyāmaḥ -
prāṇāyāma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
madhyamaḥ -
madhyama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “ prāṇo vāyuḥ śarīrasthaḥ tasyāyāmo nirodhakaḥ ”
Cannot analyse *prāṇo*vā
vāyuḥ -
vāyu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

vāyu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 2)

[optative active third plural]
śarīrasthaḥ -
śarīrastha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tasyā -
√tas -> tasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tas]

ta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

√tas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
ayāmo* -
ayāma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
nirodhakaḥ -
nirodhaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021