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 1.15

अन्नैरपूपैर्लाजैस्तु मध्यरात्रे शचीपते ।
एवं बलिं प्रकुर्वीत पृथग्वा समयोगतः ॥ 15 ॥

annairapūpairlājaistu madhyarātre śacīpate |
evaṃ baliṃ prakurvīta pṛthagvā samayogataḥ || 15 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 1.15 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 (1.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Anna, Apupa, Laja, Madhyaratra, Madhyaratri, Shacipati, Bali, Pra, Prithak, Samaya, Gat, Gata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 1.15). 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: “annairapūpairlājaistu madhyarātre śacīpate
  • annair -
  • anna (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    anna (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • apūpair -
  • apūpa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • lājais -
  • lāja (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    lāja (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • madhyarātre -
  • madhyarātra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    madhyarātri (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • śacīpate -
  • śacīpati (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “ evaṃ baliṃ prakurvīta pṛthagvā samayogataḥ
  • Cannot analyse *evam*ba
  • balim -
  • bali (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • pra -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • kurvīta -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative middle third single]
  • pṛthag -
  • pṛthak (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • samayo -
  • samaya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • gataḥ -
  • gat (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    gat (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    gata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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