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 4.26

पुल्लिङ्गे प्रतिमा प्रोक्ता स्त्रीलिङ्गे पादपीठिका ।
रत्नन्यासादधस्तात्तु नपुंसकमुदाहृतम् ॥ 26 ॥

pulliṅge pratimā proktā strīliṅge pādapīṭhikā |
ratnanyāsādadhastāttu napuṃsakamudāhṛtam || 26 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 4.26 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 (4.26). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pratima, Prokta, Strilinga, Padapithika, Napumsaka, Udahrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 4.26). 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: “pulliṅge pratimā proktā strīliṅge pādapīṭhikā
  • Cannot analyse pulliṅge*pr
  • pratimā -
  • pratimā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    pratimā (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • proktā -
  • proktā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • strīliṅge -
  • strīliṅga (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    strīliṅga (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    strīliṅgā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • pādapīṭhikā -
  • pādapīṭhikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ ratnanyāsādadhastāttu napuṃsakamudāhṛtam
  • Cannot analyse *ratnanyāsādadhastāttu*na
  • napuṃsakam -
  • napuṃsaka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    napuṃsaka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    napuṃsakā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • udāhṛtam -
  • udāhṛta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    udāhṛta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    udāhṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
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