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 1.30

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वृत्तं वा शिल्पिना कुर्यात् स्थण्डिले वा समाचरेत् ।
प्रासादारम्भकाले तु मध्यरात्रे शचीपते ॥ 30 ॥

vṛttaṃ vā śilpinā kuryāt sthaṇḍile vā samācaret |
prāsādārambhakāle tu madhyarātre śacīpate || 30 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 1.30 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 (1.30). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vritta, Shilpin, Sthandila, Sama, Madhyaratra, Madhyaratri, Shacipati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 1.30). 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: “vṛttaṃ vā śilpinā kuryāt sthaṇḍile vā samācaret ”
vṛttam -
vṛtta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vṛtta (noun, neuter)

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

vṛttā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√vṛt -> vṛtta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √vṛt class 1 verb]

√vṛt -> vṛtta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √vṛt class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vṛt class 1 verb]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
śilpinā -
śilpin (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

śilpin (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
kuryāt -
√kṛ (verb class 8)

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

[locative single]

sthaṇḍila (noun, neuter)

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

sthaṇḍilā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
samā -
samā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

samā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
caret -
√car (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
Line 2: “ prāsādārambhakāle tu madhyarātre śacīpate ”
Cannot analyse *prāsādārambhakāle*tu
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
madhyarātre -
madhyarātra (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

madhyarātri (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
śacīpate -
śacīpati (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021