Visvaksena-samhita [sanskrit]

33,819 words | ISBN-13: 9788179070383

The Sanskrit text of the Visvaksena-samhita, an ancient Vaishnava Agama, belonging to the Pancaratra tradition. An important topic discussed in the Samhita is that Aniruddha created Brahma and Brahma created all the men and women of the four castes. Visvaksena (lit. “lord of hosts”) is a sort of chief minister to God in all heavenly and mundane affairs. Alternative titles: Viśvaksenāsaṃhitā (विश्वक्सेनासंहिता), Viśvaksenā-saṃhitā (विश्वक्सेना-संहिता), Vishvaksenasamhita, Vishvaksena, Visvaksenasamhita.

Verse 8.14

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उत्तमादिक्रमादेताः विस्तारद्विगुणायताः ।
विस्तारार्धधनं प्रोक्तं इष्टकास्तु प्रमाणतः ॥ 14 ॥

uttamādikramādetāḥ vistāradviguṇāyatāḥ |
vistārārdhadhanaṃ proktaṃ iṣṭakāstu pramāṇataḥ || 14 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 8.14 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 (8.14). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Uttama, Adish, Rama, Eta, Esha, Vistara, Dviguna, Tas, Prokta, Ishtaka, Pramanatah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 8.14). 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: “uttamādikramādetāḥ vistāradviguṇāyatāḥ ”
uttamā -
uttama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

uttama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

uttamā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ādik -
ādiś (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
ramād -
rama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

rama (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
etāḥ -
eta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

etā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

eṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
vistāra -
vistāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
dviguṇāya -
dviguṇa (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

dviguṇa (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
tāḥ -
ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

tā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

tas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “ vistārārdhadhanaṃ proktaṃ iṣṭakāstu pramāṇataḥ ”
Cannot analyse *vistārārdhadhanam*pr
proktam -
prokta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

prokta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

proktā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
iṣṭakās -
iṣṭakā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

iṣṭaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
pramāṇataḥ -
pramāṇataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021