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 13.24

त्रिविक्रमस्य माणिक्यं संवर्तो मुनिरुच्यते ।
छन्दस्तु बृहती वर्णं देवता तु त्रिविक्रमः ॥ 24 ॥

trivikramasya māṇikyaṃ saṃvarto munirucyate |
chandastu bṛhatī varṇaṃ devatā tu trivikramaḥ || 24 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 13.24 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 (13.24). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Trivikrama, Manikya, Maniki, Samvarta, Muni, Ucyat, Brihat, Brihati, Varna, Devata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 13.24). 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: “trivikramasya māṇikyaṃ saṃvarto munirucyate
  • trivikramasya -
  • trivikrama (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    trivikrama (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • māṇikyam -
  • māṇikya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    māṇikya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    māṇikyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    māṇikī (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • saṃvarto* -
  • saṃvarta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • munir -
  • muni (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ucyate -
  • uc -> ucyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √uc class 4 verb]
    uc -> ucyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √uc class 4 verb]
    vac (verb class 2)
    [present passive third single]
    vac (verb class 3)
    [present passive third single]
  • Line 2: “ chandastu bṛhatī varṇaṃ devatā tu trivikramaḥ
  • Cannot analyse *chandastu*bṛ
  • bṛhatī -
  • bṛhatī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    bṛh -> bṛhatī (participle, feminine)
    [compound from √bṛh]
    bṛh -> bṛhatī (participle, feminine)
    [compound from √bṛh]
    bṛhat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    bṛh -> bṛhat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √bṛh], [vocative dual from √bṛh], [accusative dual from √bṛh]
    bṛh -> bṛhatī (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √bṛh]
    bṛh -> bṛhat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √bṛh], [vocative dual from √bṛh], [accusative dual from √bṛh]
    bṛh -> bṛhatī (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √bṛh]
  • varṇam -
  • varṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    varṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    varṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    varṇan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    varṇan (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
  • devatā -
  • devatā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    devatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • trivikramaḥ -
  • trivikrama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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