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 4.10

पलाशाः खदिरा वृक्षाः काश्मर्यः पुष्प दक्षिणे ।
तित्तिर्यश्च कपोताश्च गृध्राश्चैव वसाशनाः ॥ 10 ॥

palāśāḥ khadirā vṛkṣāḥ kāśmaryaḥ puṣpa dakṣiṇe |
tittiryaśca kapotāśca gṛdhrāścaiva vasāśanāḥ || 10 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 4.10 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 (4.10). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Palasha, Khadira, Vriksha, Kashmari, Kashmarya, Pushpa, Dakshine, Dakshina, Kapota, Gridhra, Vasa, Ashana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 4.10). 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: “palāśāḥ khadirā vṛkṣāḥ kāśmaryaḥ puṣpa dakṣiṇe
  • palāśāḥ -
  • palāśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    palāśā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • khadirā* -
  • khadira (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    khadirā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vṛkṣāḥ -
  • vṛkṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vṛkṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • kāśmaryaḥ -
  • kāśmarī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kāśmarya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • puṣpa -
  • puṣpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    puṣpa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dakṣiṇe -
  • dakṣiṇe (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    dakṣiṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    dakṣiṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    dakṣiṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 2: “ tittiryaśca kapotāśca gṛdhrāścaiva vasāśanāḥ
  • Cannot analyse *tittiryaśca*ka
  • kapotāś -
  • kapota (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • gṛdhrāś -
  • gṛdhra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    gṛdhrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • 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]
  • vasā -
  • vasa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vasā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    vas (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • aśanāḥ -
  • aśana (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    aśanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
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