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 5.79

आचार्यं पूजयेत् पश्चात् धनैःकनककुण्डलैः ।
शिल्पिनं पूजयेत् पश्चात् तथैव नववस्त्रकैः ॥ 79 ॥

ācāryaṃ pūjayet paścāt dhanaiḥkanakakuṇḍalaiḥ |
śilpinaṃ pūjayet paścāt tathaiva navavastrakaiḥ || 79 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 5.79 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 (5.79). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Acarya, Pashcat, Pashca, Dhana, Kanakakundala, Tatha, Navavastra, Kah, Kim,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 5.79). 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: “ācāryaṃ pūjayet paścāt dhanaiḥkanakakuṇḍalaiḥ
  • ācāryam -
  • ācārya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ācāryā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • pūjayet -
  • pūj (verb class 10)
    [optative active third single]
  • paścāt -
  • paścāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    paśca (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    paśca (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • dhanaiḥ -
  • dhana (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    dhana (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • kanakakuṇḍalai -
  • kanakakuṇḍalā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiḥ -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • Line 2: “ śilpinaṃ pūjayet paścāt tathaiva navavastrakaiḥ
  • Cannot analyse *śilpinam*pū
  • pūjayet -
  • pūj (verb class 10)
    [optative active third single]
  • paścāt -
  • paścāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    paśca (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    paśca (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • tathai -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tatha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • navavastra -
  • navavastra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kaiḥ -
  • ka (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ka (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
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