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 8.18

मूलमन्त्रेण कुम्भं तु साधयेत् साधकोत्तमः ।
विद्येश्वरसमायुक्तान् पूरयेत् कलशान् क्रमात् ॥ 18 ॥

mūlamantreṇa kumbhaṃ tu sādhayet sādhakottamaḥ |
vidyeśvarasamāyuktān pūrayet kalaśān kramāt || 18 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 8.18 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 (8.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mulamantra, Kumbha, Sadhakottama, Kalasha, 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 8.18). 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: “mūlamantreṇa kumbhaṃ tu sādhayet sādhakottamaḥ
  • mūlamantreṇa -
  • mūlamantra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • kumbham -
  • kumbha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kumbha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kumbhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • sādhayet -
  • sidh (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • sādhakottamaḥ -
  • sādhakottama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ vidyeśvarasamāyuktān pūrayet kalaśān kramāt
  • Cannot analyse *vidyeśvarasamāyuktān*pū
  • pūrayet -
  • pṝ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • kalaśān -
  • kalaśa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • kramāt -
  • kramāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    krama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
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