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 8.16

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उपचारैःषोडशभिस्तथा वै मूलविद्यया ।
वर्णात्मानं च पुरुषं पूजयेच्चक्रमध्यमे ॥ 16 ॥

upacāraiḥṣoḍaśabhistathā vai mūlavidyayā |
varṇātmānaṃ ca puruṣaṃ pūjayeccakramadhyame || 16 ||

The English translation of Visvamitra-samhita Verse 8.16 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 (8.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Upacara, Shodashan, Tatha, Mulavidya, Purusha, Cakramadhya, Asmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvamitra-samhita Verse 8.16). 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: “upacāraiḥṣoḍaśabhistathā vai mūlavidyayā ”
upacāraiḥ -
upacāra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
ṣoḍaśabhis -
ṣoḍaśan (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

ṣoḍaśan (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
tathā* -
tathā (noun, feminine)

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

tatha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
vai -
√vā (verb class 1)

[present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
mūlavidyayā -
mūlavidyā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “ varṇātmānaṃ ca puruṣaṃ pūjayeccakramadhyame ”
Cannot analyse *varṇātmānam*ca
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
puruṣam -
puruṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

puruṣa (noun, neuter)

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

puruṣā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
pūjayec -
√pūj (verb class 10)

[optative active third single]
cakramadhya -
cakramadhya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

cakramadhya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
me -
ma (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

mā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021