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 6.20

अकारार्थो भवेद्विष्णुर्मकारो जीववाचकः ।
B अवधारणवाची स्यादुकारेण त्रयेण तु ॥ 20 ॥

akārārtho bhavedviṣṇurmakāro jīvavācakaḥ |
B avadhāraṇavācī syādukāreṇa trayeṇa tu || 20 ||

The English translation of Visvamitra-samhita Verse 6.20 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 (6.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Akara, Artha, Vishnu, Makara, Jiva, Jivan, Vacaka, Avadharana, Vaci, Vacin, Syat, Sya, Ukara, Traya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvamitra-samhita Verse 6.20). 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: “akārārtho bhavedviṣṇurmakāro jīvavācakaḥ
  • akārā -
  • akāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • artho* -
  • artha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhaved -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • viṣṇur -
  • viṣṇu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    viṣṇu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • makāro* -
  • makāra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • jīva -
  • jīva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jīva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jīvan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    jīvan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    jīv (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • vācakaḥ -
  • vācaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “B avadhāraṇavācī syādukāreṇa trayeṇa tu
  • Cannot analyse B*av
  • avadhāraṇa -
  • avadhāraṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    avadhāraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vācī -
  • vācī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    vācin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • syād -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • ukāreṇa -
  • ukāra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • trayeṇa -
  • traya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    traya (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
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