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 8.21

मरकतं श्रीधरे न्यस्य वैडूर्यं हयशीर्षके ।
इन्द्रनीलं न्य सेद्रामे माणिक्यं वामनैऋते ॥ 21 ॥

marakataṃ śrīdhare nyasya vaiḍūryaṃ hayaśīrṣake |
indranīlaṃ nya sedrāme māṇikyaṃ vāmanaiṛte || 21 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 8.21 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 (8.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Marakata, Shridhara, Nyasya, Vaidurya, Hayashirsha, Hayashirshan, Kah, Kim, Manikya, Maniki,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 8.21). 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: “marakataṃ śrīdhare nyasya vaiḍūryaṃ hayaśīrṣake
  • marakatam -
  • marakata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • śrīdhare -
  • śrīdhara (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    śrīdhara (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    śrīdharā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • nyasya -
  • nyasya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nyasya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nyasya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vaiḍūryam -
  • vaiḍūrya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vaiḍūrya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • hayaśīrṣa -
  • hayaśīrṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    hayaśīrṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    hayaśīrṣan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    hayaśīrṣan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ke -
  • ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    ka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 2: “ indranīlaṃ nya sedrāme māṇikyaṃ vāmanaiṛte
  • Cannot analyse *indranīlam*ny
  • nya -
  • se -
  • si (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    sa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [present middle second single]
  • drāme -
  • māṇikyam -
  • māṇikya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    māṇikya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    māṇikyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    māṇikī (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse vāmanaiṛte
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