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 3.62

प्रोक्षयेन्मूलमन्त्रेण कम्बूदरजलैः पुनः ।
पुनः पुनस्त्रिधा प्रोक्ष्य विष्णुरूपमनुस्मरन् ॥ 62 ॥

prokṣayenmūlamantreṇa kambūdarajalaiḥ punaḥ |
punaḥ punastridhā prokṣya viṣṇurūpamanusmaran || 62 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 3.62 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 (3.62). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Proksha, Yah, Yat, Mulamantra, Kambu, Udara, Jala, Puna, Tridha, Pra, Ukshya, Vishnurupa, Anu, Smarat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 3.62). 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: “prokṣayenmūlamantreṇa kambūdarajalaiḥ punaḥ
  • prokṣa -
  • prokṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ye -
  • (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • īn -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • mūlamantreṇa -
  • mūlamantra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • kambū -
  • kambu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kambū (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
  • udara -
  • udara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jalaiḥ -
  • jala (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    jala (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • punaḥ -
  • pu (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    puna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “ punaḥ punastridhā prokṣya viṣṇurūpamanusmaran
  • Cannot analyse *punaḥ*pu
  • punas -
  • pu (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    puna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • tridhā -
  • tridhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • pro -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ukṣya -
  • ukṣ -> ukṣya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √ukṣ]
    ukṣ -> ukṣya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ukṣ class 1 verb]
    ukṣ -> ukṣya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ukṣ class 1 verb]
  • viṣṇurūpam -
  • viṣṇurūpa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    viṣṇurūpa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    viṣṇurūpā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • anu -
  • anu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    anu (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    anu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    anu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    anu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • smaran -
  • smṛ -> smarat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
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