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 25.7

षट्त्रिंशच्चाङ्गुलोत्सेधं विस्तीर्णं तु तदर्धकम् ।
B पादं च द्वादशं ज्ञेयं पालिकानां प्रकीर्तितम् ॥ 7 ॥

ṣaṭtriṃśaccāṅgulotsedhaṃ vistīrṇaṃ tu tadardhakam |
B pādaṃ ca dvādaśaṃ jñeyaṃ pālikānāṃ prakīrtitam || 7 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 25.7 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 (25.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shattrimshat, Angula, Utsedha, Vistirna, Tada, Ridhak, Pada, Dvadasha, Jneya, Palika, 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 25.7). 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: “ṣaṭtriṃśaccāṅgulotsedhaṃ vistīrṇaṃ tu tadardhakam
  • ṣaṭtriṃśac -
  • ṣaṭtriṃśat (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aṅgulo -
  • aṅgula (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • utsedham -
  • utsedha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    utsedha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vistīrṇam -
  • vistīrṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vistīrṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vistīrṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • tadar -
  • tadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tadā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ṛdhak -
  • ṛdhak (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • am -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “B pādaṃ ca dvādaśaṃ jñeyaṃ pālikānāṃ prakīrtitam
  • Cannot analyse B*pā
  • pādam -
  • pāda (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dvādaśam -
  • dvādaśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dvādaśa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dvādaśan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    dvādaśan (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
  • jñeyam -
  • jñeya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    jñeya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    jñeyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    jñā -> jñeya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [accusative single from √jñā class 9 verb]
    jñā -> jñeya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [accusative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [nominative single from √jñā class 9 verb], [accusative single from √jñā class 9 verb]
  • pālikānām -
  • pālikā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • prakīrtitam -
  • prakīrtita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    prakīrtita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    prakīrtitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
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