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 11.97

मुखे शरीरे कट्यां च त्रिष्वङ्गेष्वेषु नारद ।
त्रिभङ्गित्वान्मुनिश्रेष्ठ त्रिभङ्गीति प्रपठ्यते ॥ 97 ॥

mukhe śarīre kaṭyāṃ ca triṣvaṅgeṣveṣu nārada |
tribhaṅgitvānmuniśreṣṭha tribhaṅgīti prapaṭhyate || 97 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 11.97 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 (11.97). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mukha, Sharira, Kati, Tri, Anga, Idam, Narada, Tribhangi, Iti, Pra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 11.97). 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: “mukhe śarīre kaṭyāṃ ca triṣvaṅgeṣveṣu nārada
  • mukhe -
  • mukha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    mukha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • śarīre -
  • śarīra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • kaṭyām -
  • kaṭi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    kaṭī (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • triṣva -
  • tri (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
  • aṅgeṣve -
  • aṅga (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    aṅga (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • eṣu -
  • e (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • nārada -
  • nārada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nārada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “ tribhaṅgitvānmuniśreṣṭha tribhaṅgīti prapaṭhyate
  • Cannot analyse *tribhaṅgitvānmuniśreṣṭha*tr
  • tribhaṅgī -
  • tribhaṅgi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tribhaṅgī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • pra -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • paṭhyate -
  • paṭh (verb class 1)
    [present passive third single]
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