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 14.57

तण्डुलेन समं मुद्गं नालिकेरुलान्वितम् ।
मुद्गान्नमिति संप्रोक्तं हरिद्रान्नमिहोच्यते ॥ 57 ॥

taṇḍulena samaṃ mudgaṃ nālikerulānvitam |
mudgānnamiti saṃproktaṃ haridrānnamihocyate || 57 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 14.57 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 (14.57). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tandula, Samam, Sama, Mudga, Nalika, Ula, Vita, Prokta, Haridranna, Iha, Ucyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 14.57). 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: “taṇḍulena samaṃ mudgaṃ nālikerulānvitam
  • taṇḍulena -
  • taṇḍula (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • samam -
  • samam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    samā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • mudgam -
  • mudga (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • nālike -
  • nālika (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    nālika (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    nālikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ir -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ulān -
  • ula (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • vitam -
  • vita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “ mudgānnamiti saṃproktaṃ haridrānnamihocyate
  • Cannot analyse *mudgānnamiti*sa
  • sam -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • proktam -
  • prokta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    prokta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    proktā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • haridrānnam -
  • haridrānna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    haridrānna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • iho -
  • iha (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • 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]
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