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 11.280

वामोर्ध्वे कम्बु विन्यस्य ह्यधस्तात् कटिहस्तकम् ।
एवं चतुर्भुजे प्रोक्त अष्टहस्ते त्वथो श्रृणु ॥ 280 ॥

vāmordhve kambu vinyasya hyadhastāt kaṭihastakam |
evaṃ caturbhuje prokta aṣṭahaste tvatho śrṛṇu || 280 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 11.280 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 (11.280). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vama, Urdhva, Kambu, Vinyasya, Adhastat, Katihasta, Kah, Caturbhuja, Prokta, Ashta, Ashtan, Hasta, Yushmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 11.280). 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: “vāmordhve kambu vinyasya hyadhastāt kaṭihastakam
  • vāmo -
  • vāma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vāma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vāmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperative active first plural]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active first plural]
  • ūrdhve -
  • ūrdhva (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ūrdhva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    ūrdhvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • kambu -
  • kambu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    kambū (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • vinyasya -
  • vinyasya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vinyasya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hya -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • adhastāt -
  • adhastāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    adhastāt (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    adhastāt (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    adhastāt (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • kaṭihasta -
  • kaṭihasta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kaṭihasta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kam -
  • ka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “ evaṃ caturbhuje prokta aṣṭahaste tvatho śrṛṇu
  • Cannot analyse *evam*ca
  • caturbhuje -
  • caturbhuja (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    caturbhuja (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    caturbhujā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • prokta -
  • prokta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prokta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • aṣṭa -
  • aṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    aṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    -> aṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √]
    -> aṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √]
    aṣṭan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    aṣṭan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    -> aṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ class 5 verb]
    -> aṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ class 5 verb]
  • haste -
  • hasta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    hasta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    hastā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • tvat -
  • yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [ablative single]
  • ho -
  • Cannot analyse śrṛṇu
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