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 11.18

दक्षिणे तु श्रियं वामे पुष्टिं संस्थापयेद्बुधः ।
इति संकर्षणश्चोक्तः प्रद्युम्नं श्रृणु नारद ॥ 18 ॥

dakṣiṇe tu śriyaṃ vāme puṣṭiṃ saṃsthāpayedbudhaḥ |
iti saṃkarṣaṇaścoktaḥ pradyumnaṃ śrṛṇu nārada || 18 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 11.18 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:

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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 (11.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dakshine, Dakshina, Shri, Shriya, Vama, Pushti, Samstha, Budha, Budh, Sankarshana, Ukta, Pradyumna, Narada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 11.18). 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: “dakṣiṇe tu śriyaṃ vāme puṣṭiṃ saṃsthāpayedbudhaḥ
  • dakṣiṇe -
  • dakṣiṇe (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    dakṣiṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    dakṣiṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    dakṣiṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • śriyam -
  • śriyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    śriya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śriya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śrī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    śrī (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • vāme -
  • vāma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    vāma (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    vāmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • puṣṭim -
  • puṣṭi (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • saṃsthā -
  • saṃstha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saṃstha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saṃsthā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • āpayed -
  • āp (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
    i (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • budhaḥ -
  • budha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    budh (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    budh (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “ iti saṃkarṣaṇaścoktaḥ pradyumnaṃ śrṛṇu nārada
  • Cannot analyse *iti*sa
  • saṅkarṣaṇaś -
  • saṅkarṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • co -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • uktaḥ -
  • ukta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    vac -> ukta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √vac class 2 verb], [nominative single from √vac class 3 verb]
  • pradyumnam -
  • pradyumna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse śrṛṇu*nā
  • nārada -
  • nārada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nārada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
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