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 10.134

विश्वकर्मविधानोक्तं शिल्पलक्षणलक्षितम् ।
साधकस्याज्ञया शिल्पी कर्म कुर्यात् समाहितः ॥ 134 ॥

viśvakarmavidhānoktaṃ śilpalakṣaṇalakṣitam |
sādhakasyājñayā śilpī karma kuryāt samāhitaḥ || 134 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 10.134 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:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (10.134). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vishvakarma, Vishvakarman, Vidhanokta, Shilpa, Lakshanalakshita, Shilpi, Shilpin, Karman, Samahita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 10.134). 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: “viśvakarmavidhānoktaṃ śilpalakṣaṇalakṣitam
  • viśvakarma -
  • viśvakarma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    viśvakarma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    viśvakarman (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    viśvakarman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • vidhānoktam -
  • vidhānokta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vidhānokta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vidhānoktā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • śilpa -
  • śilpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śilpa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • lakṣaṇalakṣitam -
  • lakṣaṇalakṣitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    lakṣaṇalakṣita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    lakṣaṇalakṣita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “ sādhakasyājñayā śilpī karma kuryāt samāhitaḥ
  • Cannot analyse *sādhakasyājñayā*śi
  • śilpī -
  • śilpī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    śilpin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • karma -
  • karman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • kuryāt -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative active third single]
  • samāhitaḥ -
  • samāhita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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