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 11.50

सूकराङ्गं चतुर्बाहुं शङ्खचक्रधरं प्रभुम् ।
दक्षिणे तु न्यसेत् चक्रं वामे शङ्खं तु विन्यसेत् ॥ 50 ॥

sūkarāṅgaṃ caturbāhuṃ śaṅkhacakradharaṃ prabhum |
dakṣiṇe tu nyaset cakraṃ vāme śaṅkhaṃ tu vinyaset || 50 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 11.50 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 (11.50). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sukara, Anga, Caturbahu, Shankha, Cakradhara, Prabhu, Cakra, Vama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 11.50). 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: “sūkarāṅgaṃ caturbāhuṃ śaṅkhacakradharaṃ prabhum
  • sūkarā -
  • sūkara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • aṅgam -
  • aṅga (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    aṅga (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • caturbāhum -
  • caturbāhu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    caturbāhu (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • śaṅkha -
  • śaṅkha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śaṅkha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • cakradharam -
  • cakradhara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    cakradhara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    cakradharā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • prabhum -
  • prabhu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    prabhu (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “ dakṣiṇe tu nyaset cakraṃ vāme śaṅkhaṃ tu vinyaset
  • Cannot analyse *dakṣiṇe*tu
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • Cannot analyse nyaset*ca
  • cakram -
  • cakra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    cakra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    cakrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • 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]
  • śaṅkham -
  • śaṅkha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śaṅkha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śaṅkhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • Cannot analyse vinyaset
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