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 26.23

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त्रिंशदङ्गुलनाहं तु मूलदण्डस्य नारद ।
मध्यमं चाष्टविंशत् तदग्रं षड्विंशकं भवेत् ॥ 23 ॥

triṃśadaṅgulanāhaṃ tu mūladaṇḍasya nārada |
madhyamaṃ cāṣṭaviṃśat tadagraṃ ṣaḍviṃśakaṃ bhavet || 23 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 26.23 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 (26.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Trimshat, Angula, Naha, Mulat, Anda, Narada, Tad, Tat, Agram, Agra, Shadvimshaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 26.23). 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: “triṃśadaṅgulanāhaṃ tu mūladaṇḍasya nārada ”
triṃśad -
triṃśat (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
aṅgula -
aṅgula (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
nāham -
nāha (noun, masculine)

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

[indeclinable particle]
mūlad -
√mūl -> mūlat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √mūl class 1 verb], [vocative single from √mūl class 1 verb], [accusative single from √mūl class 1 verb]
aṇḍasya -
aṇḍa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
nārada -
nārada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

nārada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “ madhyamaṃ cāṣṭaviṃśat tadagraṃ ṣaḍviṃśakaṃ bhavet ”
Cannot analyse *madhyamam*cā
cāṣ -
ca (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

cā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

ṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
viṃśat -
viṃśati (noun, feminine)

[compound]
tad -
tad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
agram -
agram (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

agra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

agra (noun, neuter)

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

agrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ṣaḍviṃśakam -
ṣaḍviṃśaka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ṣaḍviṃśaka (noun, neuter)

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

ṣaḍviṃśakā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
bhavet -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021