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 6.14

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मातृकान्यासपूर्वस्तु सर्वमन्त्रजपः स्मृतः ।
शिरोमध्येऽथ वदने टृष्ठिश्रोत्रनसायुगे ॥ 14 ॥

mātṛkānyāsapūrvastu sarvamantrajapaḥ smṛtaḥ |
śiromadhye'tha vadane ṭṛṣṭhiśrotranasāyuge || 14 ||

The English translation of Visvamitra-samhita Verse 6.14 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 (6.14). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Matrikanyasa, Purva, Sarvamantra, Japa, Smrita, Vadana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvamitra-samhita Verse 6.14). 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: “mātṛkānyāsapūrvastu sarvamantrajapaḥ smṛtaḥ ”
mātṛkānyāsa -
mātṛkānyāsa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
pūrvas -
pūrva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
sarvamantra -
sarvamantra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sarvamantra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
japaḥ -
japa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
smṛtaḥ -
smṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
Line 2: “ śiromadhye'tha vadane ṭṛṣṭhiśrotranasāyuge ”
Cannot analyse *śiromadhye'tha*va
vadane -
vadana (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
Cannot analyse ṭṛṣṭhiśrotranasāyuge

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021