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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 17.191
वक्त्रं तासां मध्यसंस्थं चतुरङ्गुलसंमितम् ।
चतुर्दिक्षु मुखानां स्यात् प्रमाणं द्विजपुंगव ॥ 191 ॥
vaktraṃ tāsāṃ madhyasaṃsthaṃ caturaṅgulasaṃmitam |
caturdikṣu mukhānāṃ syāt pramāṇaṃ dvijapuṃgava || 191 ||
The English translation of Visvamitra-samhita Verse 17.191 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:
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Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (17.191). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Vaktra, Madhyasamstha, Caturangula, Mit, Mita, Mukha, Syat, Sya, Pramana, Dvija, Pungava,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvamitra-samhita Verse 17.191). 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: “vaktraṃ tāsāṃ madhyasaṃsthaṃ caturaṅgulasaṃmitam ”
- vaktram -
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vaktra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vaktra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]vaktrā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- tāsām -
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sā (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]
- madhyasaṃstham -
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madhyasaṃstha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]madhyasaṃstha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- caturaṅgula -
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caturaṅgula (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]caturaṅgula (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- saṃ -
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sa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- mitam -
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mita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]mita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]mitā (noun, feminine)[adverb]mit (noun, feminine)[accusative single]√mā -> mita (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √mā class 2 verb], [accusative single from √mā class 3 verb], [accusative single from √mā class 4 verb]√mā -> mita (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √mā class 2 verb], [accusative single from √mā class 2 verb], [nominative single from √mā class 3 verb], [accusative single from √mā class 3 verb], [nominative single from √mā class 4 verb], [accusative single from √mā class 4 verb]√mi -> mita (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √mi class 5 verb]√mi -> mita (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √mi class 5 verb], [accusative single from √mi class 5 verb]
- Line 2: “ caturdikṣu mukhānāṃ syāt pramāṇaṃ dvijapuṃgava ”
- Cannot analyse *caturdikṣu*mu
- mukhānām -
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mukha (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]mukha (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]
- syāt -
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syāt (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]syāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]√as (verb class 2)[optative active third single]
- pramāṇam -
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pramāṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]pramāṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- dvija -
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dvija (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dvija (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- puṅgava -
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puṅgava (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]