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 20.171

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मातरश्च सुवर्णाभाः श्रीधरः श्याम एव च ।
हयशीर्षःसुवर्णाभो वर्णा एताः प्रकीर्तिताः ॥ 171 ॥

mātaraśca suvarṇābhāḥ śrīdharaḥ śyāma eva ca |
hayaśīrṣaḥsuvarṇābho varṇā etāḥ prakīrtitāḥ || 171 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.171 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 (20.171). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Matri, Matara, Suvarnabha, Shridhara, Shyama, Eva, Varna, Eta, Esha, Prakirtita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.171). 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: “mātaraśca suvarṇābhāḥ śrīdharaḥ śyāma eva ca ”
mātaraś -
mātṛ (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

mātara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
suvarṇābhāḥ -
suvarṇābha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

suvarṇābhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
śrīdharaḥ -
śrīdhara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śyāma* -
śyāma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√śā (verb class 4)

[present active first plural]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “ hayaśīrṣaḥsuvarṇābho varṇā etāḥ prakīrtitāḥ ”
Cannot analyse *hayaśīrṣaḥsuvarṇābho*va
varṇā* -
varṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

varṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
etāḥ -
eta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

etā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

eṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
prakīrtitāḥ -
prakīrtita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

prakīrtitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021