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 2.6

यजमानेच्छया कुर्यात् अन्यदेशे न कारयेत् ।
मण्डपं त्रिविधं प्रोक्तं हीनं मध्यममुत्तमम् ॥ 6 ॥

yajamānecchayā kuryāt anyadeśe na kārayet |
maṇḍapaṃ trividhaṃ proktaṃ hīnaṃ madhyamamuttamam || 6 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 2.6 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 (2.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yajamana, Icchaya, Iccha, Anyadesha, Trividha, Prokta, Hina, Madhyama, Uttamam, Uttama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 2.6). 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: “yajamānecchayā kuryāt anyadeśe na kārayet
  • yajamāne -
  • yajamāna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    yajamāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    yajamānā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaj -> yajamāna (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √yaj class 1 verb], [locative single from √yaj class 1 verb]
    yaj -> yajamāna (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √yaj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √yaj class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √yaj class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √yaj class 1 verb], [locative single from √yaj class 1 verb]
    yaj -> yajamānā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √yaj class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √yaj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √yaj class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √yaj class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √yaj class 1 verb]
  • icchayā -
  • icchayā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    icchā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • kuryāt -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative active third single]
  • anyadeśe -
  • anyadeśa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    anyadeśa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kārayet -
  • kṛ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “ maṇḍapaṃ trividhaṃ proktaṃ hīnaṃ madhyamamuttamam
  • Cannot analyse *maṇḍapam*tr
  • trividham -
  • trividha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    trividha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    trividhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • proktam -
  • prokta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    prokta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    proktā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • hīnam -
  • hīna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    hīna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    hīnā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    -> hīna (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √ class 3 verb]
    -> hīna (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √ class 3 verb], [accusative single from √ class 3 verb]
  • madhyamam -
  • madhyama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    madhyama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    madhyamā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • uttamam -
  • uttamam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    uttama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    uttama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    uttamā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
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