Visvamitra-samhita [sanskrit]

20,660 words | ISBN-13: 9788179070383

The Sanskrit text of the Visvamitra-samhita, an ancient text belonging to the Pancaratra tradition. Visvamitrasamhita is noted for listing authoritative Pancaratra works and the benefits obtained by chanting Lord Hari’s name. Alternative titles: Viśvāmitrasaṃhitā (विश्वामित्रसंहिता), Viśvāmitra-saṃhitā (विश्वामित्र-संहिता), Vishvamitrasamhita, Vishvamitra.

Verse 5.36

आकाशस्य गुणः शब्द एक एव प्रकीर्तितः ।
वायोः स्पर्शश्च शब्दश्च द्वौ गुणौ कीर्तितौ ॥ 36 ॥

ākāśasya guṇaḥ śabda eka eva prakīrtitaḥ |
vāyoḥ sparśaśca śabdaśca dvau guṇau kīrtitau || 36 ||

The English translation of Visvamitra-samhita Verse 5.36 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 (5.36). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Akasha, Guna, Shabda, Eka, Eva, Prakirtita, Sparsha, Dva, Kirtita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvamitra-samhita Verse 5.36). 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: “ākāśasya guṇaḥ śabda eka eva prakīrtitaḥ
  • ākāśasya -
  • ākāśa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    ākāśa (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • guṇaḥ -
  • guṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śabda* -
  • śabda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • eka* -
  • eka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prakīrtitaḥ -
  • prakīrtita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ vāyoḥ sparśaśca śabdaśca dvau guṇau kīrtitau
  • Cannot analyse *vāyoḥ*sp
  • sparśaś -
  • sparśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śabdaś -
  • śabda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dvau -
  • dva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • guṇau -
  • guṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • kīrtitau -
  • kīrtita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kīrt -> kīrtita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative dual from √kīrt class 10 verb], [vocative dual from √kīrt class 10 verb], [accusative dual from √kīrt class 10 verb]
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