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 9.7

ईशाने तु भवेत्तस्मिन् ग्रामायतनऋद्धिकृत् ।
प्रासादे पश्चिमद्वारे बालस्थानं तु पश्चिमे ॥ 7 ॥

īśāne tu bhavettasmin grāmāyatanaṛddhikṛt |
prāsāde paścimadvāre bālasthānaṃ tu paścime || 7 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 9.7 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 (9.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ishana, Tad, Grama, Tana, Riddhi, Krit, Pashcimadvara, Balasthana, Pashcime, Pashcima,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 9.7). 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: “īśāne tu bhavettasmin grāmāyatanaṛddhikṛt
  • īśāne -
  • īśāna (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    īśāna (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    īśānā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    īś -> īśāna (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √īś class 2 verb]
    īś -> īśāna (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √īś class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √īś class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √īś class 2 verb], [locative single from √īś class 2 verb]
    īś -> īśānā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √īś class 2 verb], [vocative single from √īś class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √īś class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √īś class 2 verb]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • tasmin -
  • tad (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • grāmāya -
  • grāma (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    grāma (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • tana -
  • tana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tan (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ṛddhi -
  • ṛddhi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ṛddhī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    ṛddhī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    ṛddhī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • kṛt -
  • kṛt (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    kṛt (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “ prāsāde paścimadvāre bālasthānaṃ tu paścime
  • Cannot analyse *prāsāde*pa
  • paścimadvāre -
  • paścimadvāra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    paścimadvāra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    paścimadvārā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • bālasthānam -
  • bālasthāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • paścime -
  • paścime (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    paścima (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    paścima (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    paścimā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
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