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 18.164

कलशैः स्त्रापयित्वा तं निवेद्य च महाहाविः ।
आसा़द्य यागदानं कृत्वा होमं यथाविधि ॥ 164 ॥

kalaśaiḥ strāpayitvā taṃ nivedya ca mahāhāviḥ |
āsā़dya yāgadānaṃ kṛtvā homaṃ yathāvidhi || 164 ||

The English translation of Visvamitra-samhita Verse 18.164 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 (18.164). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kalasha, Stri, Tap, Nivedya, Mahahi, Yaga, Dana, Kritva, Kritvan, Homa, Yathavidhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvamitra-samhita Verse 18.164). 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: “kalaśaiḥ strāpayitvā taṃ nivedya ca mahāhāviḥ
  • kalaśaiḥ -
  • kalaśa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • strā -
  • stṛ (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [instrumental single]
  • āpayitvā -
  • āp -> āpayitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √āp]
    i -> āpayitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √i]
  • tam -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    tap (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    tap (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • nivedya -
  • nivedya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nivedya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mahāhāvi -
  • mahāhi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • iḥ -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ āsā़dya yāgadānaṃ kṛtvā homaṃ yathāvidhi
  • Cannot analyse *āsā़dya*yā
  • yāga -
  • yāga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dānam -
  • dāna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • kṛtvā -
  • kṛtvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛtvan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • homam -
  • homa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • yathāvidhi -
  • yathāvidhi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
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