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 8.39

मकारो माघवी दक्षो मन्दरः पाटलप्रियः ।
यकारः पुरुषात्मा च शङ्खो वायुश्चतुर्गतिः ॥ 39 ॥

makāro māghavī dakṣo mandaraḥ pāṭalapriyaḥ |
yakāraḥ puruṣātmā ca śaṅkho vāyuścaturgatiḥ || 39 ||

The English translation of Visvamitra-samhita Verse 8.39 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:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (8.39). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Makara, Magha, Daksha, Dakshas, Mandara, Patala, Pri, Priya, Purusha, Purushad, Asmad, Shankha, Vayu, Caturgati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvamitra-samhita Verse 8.39). 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: “makāro māghavī dakṣo mandaraḥ pāṭalapriyaḥ
  • makāro* -
  • makāra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • māgha -
  • māgha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    māgha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
    (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    vi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • dakṣo* -
  • dakṣas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dakṣas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    dakṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • mandaraḥ -
  • mandara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • pāṭala -
  • pāṭala (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pāṭala (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • priyaḥ -
  • prī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    prī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    priya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ yakāraḥ puruṣātmā ca śaṅkho vāyuścaturgatiḥ
  • Cannot analyse *yakāraḥ*pu
  • puruṣāt -
  • puruṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    puruṣa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    puruṣād (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    puruṣād (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śaṅkho* -
  • śaṅkha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vāyuś -
  • vāyu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    vāyu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [optative active third plural]
  • caturgatiḥ -
  • caturgati (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    caturgati (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
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