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 32.19

कर्णिकापरिमाणं यत् कारयेदनुरूपतः ।
पूर्ववत् कारयेद्वापि दण्डाकारस्य लक्षणम् ॥ 19 ॥

karṇikāparimāṇaṃ yat kārayedanurūpataḥ |
pūrvavat kārayedvāpi daṇḍākārasya lakṣaṇam || 19 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 32.19 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 (32.19). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Karnika, Aparimana, Yat, Yad, Anurupatah, Vapi, Vapin, Danda, Akara, Lakshana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 32.19). 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: “karṇikāparimāṇaṃ yat kārayedanurūpataḥ
  • karṇikā -
  • karṇika (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    karṇika (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    karṇikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aparimāṇam -
  • aparimāṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    aparimāṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    aparimāṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • yat -
  • yat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • kārayed -
  • kṛ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • anurūpataḥ -
  • anurūpataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Line 2: “ pūrvavat kārayedvāpi daṇḍākārasya lakṣaṇam
  • Cannot analyse *pūrvavat*kā
  • kārayed -
  • kṛ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • vāpi -
  • vāpi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vāpī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    vāpin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vāpin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • daṇḍā -
  • daṇḍa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    daṇḍā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • akārasya -
  • akāra (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • lakṣaṇam -
  • lakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    lakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    lakṣaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
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