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 3.8

कार्तिक्याद्यष्टमासेषु दारुसंग्रहमुत्तमम् ।
उक्तकाले महाप्राज्ञो निरीक्ष्य शुभवृक्षकम् ॥ 8 ॥

kārtikyādyaṣṭamāseṣu dārusaṃgrahamuttamam |
uktakāle mahāprājño nirīkṣya śubhavṛkṣakam || 8 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 3.8 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:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (3.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kartiki, Adya, Asa, Daru, Sangraha, Uttamam, Uttama, Mahaprajna, Nirikshya, Shubha, Vrikshaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 3.8). 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: “kārtikyādyaṣṭamāseṣu dārusaṃgrahamuttamam
  • kārtikyā -
  • kārtikī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    kārtikī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single]
    kārtikī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ādyaṣ -
  • ādya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ad -> ādya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √ad]
  • ṭam -
  • ṭa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ṭa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ṭā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • āseṣu -
  • āsa (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    āsa (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • dāru -
  • dāru (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    dāru (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    dāru (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • saṅgraham -
  • saṅgraha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    saṅgraha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • uttamam -
  • uttamam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    uttama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    uttama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    uttamā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “ uktakāle mahāprājño nirīkṣya śubhavṛkṣakam
  • Cannot analyse *uktakāle*ma
  • mahāprājño* -
  • mahāprājña (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • nirīkṣya -
  • nirīkṣya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nirīkṣya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nirīkṣya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śubha -
  • śubha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śubha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śubh (verb class 6)
    [imperative active second single]
  • vṛkṣakam -
  • vṛkṣaka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vṛkṣaka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
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