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 2.43

सोमे तु कारयेद्धीमान् सर्वविघ्नोपनाशनम् ।
पञ्चत्रिंशाङ्गुलं वापि द्वादशाङ्गुलमेव वा ॥ 43 ॥

some tu kārayeddhīmān sarvavighnopanāśanam |
pañcatriṃśāṅgulaṃ vāpi dvādaśāṅgulameva vā || 43 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 2.43 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 (2.43). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Soma, Idam, Sarvavighna, Upana, Ashana, Vapi, Vapin, Dvadashangula, Eva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 2.43). 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: “some tu kārayeddhīmān sarvavighnopanāśanam
  • some -
  • soma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    soma (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    somā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • kārayeddh -
  • kṛ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • imān -
  • idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • sarvavighno -
  • sarvavighna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarvavighna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • upanā -
  • upana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    upana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • aśanam -
  • aśana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    aśana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    aśanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “ pañcatriṃśāṅgulaṃ vāpi dvādaśāṅgulameva
  • Cannot analyse *pañcatriṃśāṅgulam*vā
  • vāpi -
  • vāpi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vāpī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    vāpin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vāpin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • dvādaśāṅgulam -
  • dvādaśāṅgula (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dvādaśāṅgula (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dvādaśāṅgulā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
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