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 1.29

एवं संपूज्य विद्येशान् होमसंस्कार मारभेत् ।
कुम्भस्य पूर्वदिग्देशे कुण्डं च चतुरश्रकम् ॥ 29 ॥

evaṃ saṃpūjya vidyeśān homasaṃskāra mārabhet |
kumbhasya pūrvadigdeśe kuṇḍaṃ ca caturaśrakam || 29 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 1.29 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 (1.29). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Evam, Eva, Sampujya, Vidyesha, Homa, Samskara, Purvadish, Desha, Kunda, Caturashraka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 1.29). 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: “evaṃ saṃpūjya vidyeśān homasaṃskāra mārabhet
  • evam -
  • evam (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    evam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • sampūjya -
  • sampūjya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sampūjya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vidyeśān -
  • vidyeśa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • homa -
  • homa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • saṃskāra -
  • saṃskāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse mārabhet
  • Line 2: “ kumbhasya pūrvadigdeśe kuṇḍaṃ ca caturaśrakam
  • Cannot analyse *kumbhasya*pū
  • pūrvadig -
  • pūrvadiś (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • deśe -
  • deśa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    deśā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • kuṇḍam -
  • kuṇḍa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kuṇḍa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kuṇḍā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • caturaśrakam -
  • caturaśraka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    caturaśraka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    caturaśrakā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
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