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 2.90

सुबन्धुं वारुणे चैव सुहोत्रं नाम चोत्तरे ।
एतत्स्वनाममन्त्रेण पूजयेद्देशिकोत्तमः ॥ 90 ॥

subandhuṃ vāruṇe caiva suhotraṃ nāma cottare |
etatsvanāmamantreṇa pūjayeddeśikottamaḥ || 90 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 2.90 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 (2.90). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Subandhu, Varuna, Varuni, Suhotra, Naman, Uttara, Deshika, 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 2.90). 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: “subandhuṃ vāruṇe caiva suhotraṃ nāma cottare
  • subandhum -
  • subandhu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    subandhu (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • vāruṇe -
  • vāruṇa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    vāruṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    vāruṇi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    vāruṇi (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    vāruṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • suhotram -
  • suhotra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • nāma -
  • nāman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • co -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • uttare -
  • uttara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    uttara (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    uttarā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 2: “ etatsvanāmamantreṇa pūjayeddeśikottamaḥ
  • Cannot analyse *etatsvanāmamantreṇa*pū
  • pūjayed -
  • pūj (verb class 10)
    [optative active third single]
  • deśiko -
  • deśika (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    deśika (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    deśikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • uttamaḥ -
  • uttama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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