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 25.9

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पादं चाष्टाङ्गुलं ज्ञेयं घटिकानां प्रकीर्तितम् ।
द्वादशाङ्गुलमुत्सेधं विस्तारं तावदेव तु ॥ 9 ॥

pādaṃ cāṣṭāṅgulaṃ jñeyaṃ ghaṭikānāṃ prakīrtitam |
dvādaśāṅgulamutsedhaṃ vistāraṃ tāvadeva tu || 9 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 25.9 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 (25.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pada, Angula, Jneya, Ghatika, Prakirtita, Vistara, Tavat, Eva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 25.9). 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: “pādaṃ cāṣṭāṅgulaṃ jñeyaṃ ghaṭikānāṃ prakīrtitam ”
pādam -
pāda (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
cāṣ -
ca (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ṭā -
ṭa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ṭā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aṅgulam -
aṅgula (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
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]
ghaṭikānām -
ghaṭika (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

ghaṭika (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

ghaṭikā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
prakīrtitam -
prakīrtita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

prakīrtita (noun, neuter)

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

prakīrtitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “ dvādaśāṅgulamutsedhaṃ vistāraṃ tāvadeva tu ”
Cannot analyse *dvādaśāṅgulamutsedham*vi
vistāram -
vistāra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
tāvad -
tāvat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tāvat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tāvat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

tāvat (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021