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 32.17

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अष्टाङ्गुलस्य विस्तारं भ्रामयेच्चक्ररूपकम् ।
चतुरङ्गुलमायामं गदारूपं तु कारयेत् ॥ 17 ॥

aṣṭāṅgulasya vistāraṃ bhrāmayeccakrarūpakam |
caturaṅgulamāyāmaṃ gadārūpaṃ tu kārayet || 17 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 32.17 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 (32.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ashtangula, Vistara, Cakrarupa, Kah, Gada, Arupa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 32.17). 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: “aṣṭāṅgulasya vistāraṃ bhrāmayeccakrarūpakam ”
aṣṭāṅgulasya -
aṣṭāṅgula (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

aṣṭāṅgula (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
vistāram -
vistāra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
bhrāmayec -
√bhram (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]
cakrarūpa -
cakrarūpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

cakrarūpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kam -
ka (noun, neuter)

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

ka (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[accusative single]
Line 2: “ caturaṅgulamāyāmaṃ gadārūpaṃ tu kārayet ”
Cannot analyse *caturaṅgulamāyāmam*ga
gadā -
gada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

gada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

gadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√gad (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
arūpam -
arūpa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

arūpa (noun, neuter)

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

arūpā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
kārayet -
√kṛ (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021