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 32.5

अङ्गुष्ठाङ्गुलमानेन द्वादशाङ्गुलमायतम् ।
भ्रामयेच्चक्ररूपेण विस्तारायामतादृशम् ॥ 5 ॥

aṅguṣṭhāṅgulamānena dvādaśāṅgulamāyatam |
bhrāmayeccakrarūpeṇa vistārāyāmatādṛśam || 5 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 32.5 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 (32.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Angushtha, Angulamana, Dvadashangula, Ayatam, Ayata, Vistarayama, Tadrish, Tadrisha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 32.5). 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: “aṅguṣṭhāṅgulamānena dvādaśāṅgulamāyatam
  • aṅguṣṭhā -
  • aṅguṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    aṅguṣṭha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • aṅgulamānena -
  • aṅgulamāna (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    aṅgulamāna (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • dvādaśāṅgulam -
  • dvādaśāṅgula (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dvādaśāṅgula (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dvādaśāṅgulā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • āyatam -
  • āyatam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    āyat (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    āyata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    āyata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    āyatā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “ bhrāmayeccakrarūpeṇa vistārāyāmatādṛśam
  • Cannot analyse *bhrāmayeccakrarūpeṇa*vi
  • vistārāyāma -
  • vistārāyāma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vistārāyāma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tādṛśam -
  • tādṛśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    tādṛśa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tādṛśā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    tādṛś (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
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