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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 18.43
पञ्चाङ्गुलायतं वापि तन्मध्ये तत्समं भवेत् ।
द्व्यङ्गुलं तस्य विस्तारं मौलेरेकाङ्गुलं तु वा ॥ 43 ॥
pañcāṅgulāyataṃ vāpi tanmadhye tatsamaṃ bhavet |
dvyaṅgulaṃ tasya vistāraṃ maulerekāṅgulaṃ tu vā || 43 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 18.43 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 (18.43). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Pancangula, Vapi, Vapin, Tanmadhya, Tatsama, Tad, Vistara, Mauli,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 18.43). 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: “pañcāṅgulāyataṃ vāpi tanmadhye tatsamaṃ bhavet ”
- pañcāṅgulāya -
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pañcāṅgula (noun, masculine)[dative single]pañcāṅgula (noun, neuter)[dative single]
- tam -
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ta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tā (noun, feminine)[adverb]tan (noun, masculine)[adverb]sa (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- vāpi -
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vāpi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]vāpī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]vāpin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]vāpin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- tanmadhye -
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tanmadhya (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- tatsamam -
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tatsama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]tatsama (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tatsamā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- bhavet -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- Line 2: “ dvyaṅgulaṃ tasya vistāraṃ maulerekāṅgulaṃ tu vā ”
- Cannot analyse *dvyaṅgulam*ta
- tasya -
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√tas -> tasya (absolutive)[absolutive from √tas]ta (noun, masculine)[genitive single]ta (noun, neuter)[genitive single]tad (noun, neuter)[genitive single]sa (noun, masculine)[genitive single]√tas (verb class 4)[imperative active second single]
- vistāram -
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vistāra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- mauler -
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mauli (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- ekāṅgu -
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ekāṅgau (noun, masculine)[adverb]
- lam -
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la (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]lā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- vā -
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vā (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]