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 17.5

पतितासु महोल्कासु रात्राविन्द्रधनुर्दिशि ।
दर्शने वालमीनानां श्वेतकाकस्य दर्शने ॥ 5 ॥

patitāsu maholkāsu rātrāvindradhanurdiśi |
darśane vālamīnānāṃ śvetakākasya darśane || 5 ||

The English translation of Visvamitra-samhita Verse 17.5 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 (17.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Patita, Maholka, Ratrau, Ratra, Indradhanus, Indradhanu, Dish, Vala, Shvetakaka, Darshana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvamitra-samhita Verse 17.5). 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: “patitāsu maholkāsu rātrāvindradhanurdiśi
  • patitāsu -
  • patitā (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
    pat -> patitā (participle, feminine)
    [locative plural from √pat class 1 verb]
  • maholkāsu -
  • maholkā (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
  • rātrāvi -
  • rātrau (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    rātra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • indradhanur -
  • indradhanus (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    indradhanu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    indradhanu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • diśi -
  • diś (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • Line 2: “ darśane vālamīnānāṃ śvetakākasya darśane
  • Cannot analyse *darśane*vā
  • vālam -
  • vāla (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vāla (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vālā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • īn -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ānām -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • śvetakākasya -
  • śvetakāka (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • darśane -
  • darśana (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    darśana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    darśanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
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