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 7.30

देवताश्च द्विजा गावः पितरो लिङ्गिनस्तथा ।
यद्वदन्ति नरं स्वप्ने तत्तथैव विनिर्दिशेत् ॥ 30 ॥

devatāśca dvijā gāvaḥ pitaro liṅginastathā |
yadvadanti naraṃ svapne tattathaiva vinirdiśet || 30 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 7.30 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 (7.30). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Devata, Dvija, Gava, Pitri, Lingin, Lingi, Tatha, Nara, Svapna, Tat, Tad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 7.30). 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: “devatāśca dvijā gāvaḥ pitaro liṅginastathā
  • devatāś -
  • devatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    devata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dvijā* -
  • dvija (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    dvijā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • gāvaḥ -
  • go (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    gāva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [present active first dual]
    (verb class 2)
    [present active first dual]
  • pitaro* -
  • pitṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • liṅginas -
  • liṅgin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    liṅgin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    liṅgī (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ yadvadanti naraṃ svapne tattathaiva vinirdiśet
  • Cannot analyse *yadvadanti*na
  • naram -
  • nara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    narā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • svapne -
  • svapna (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    svapna (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    svapnā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative 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]
  • vinir -
  • vinis (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • diśet -
  • diś (verb class 6)
    [optative active third single]
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