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 7.1

सप्तमोऽध्यायः ।
विष्वक्सेनः ।
अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि स्वप्नाध्यायं शचीपते ।
विविक्तेन परं गुह्यं क्रमाच्छृणु शचीपते ॥ 1 ॥

saptamo'dhyāyaḥ |
viṣvaksenaḥ |
ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi svapnādhyāyaṃ śacīpate |
viviktena paraṃ guhyaṃ kramācchṛṇu śacīpate || 1 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 7.1 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 (7.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Saptama, Adhyaya, Vishvaksena, Param, Para, Prava, Kshi, Amin, Svapnadhyaya, Shacipati, Guhyam, Guhya, Guhi, Kramat, Krama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 7.1). 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: “saptamo'dhyāyaḥ
  • saptamo' -
  • saptama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • adhyāyaḥ -
  • adhyāya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    dhyā (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • Line 2: “viṣvaksenaḥ
  • viṣvaksenaḥ -
  • viṣvaksena (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 3: “ ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi svapnādhyāyaṃ śacīpate
  • Cannot analyse *ataḥ*pa
  • param -
  • param (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    para (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    para (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • prava -
  • prava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prava (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kṣyā -
  • kṣi (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • ami -
  • amin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    amin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • svapnādhyāyam -
  • svapnādhyāya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • śacīpate -
  • śacīpati (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • Line 4: “ viviktena paraṃ guhyaṃ kramācchṛṇu śacīpate
  • Cannot analyse *viviktena*pa
  • param -
  • param (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    para (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    para (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • guhyam -
  • guhyam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    guhya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    guhya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    guhyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    guh -> guhya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √guh class 1 verb]
    guh -> guhya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √guh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √guh class 1 verb]
    guhī (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • kramācch -
  • kramāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    krama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • śṛṇu -
  • śru (verb class 5)
    [imperative active second single]
  • śacīpate -
  • śacīpati (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
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