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 15.16

धर्मादिपादं विन्यस्य तथाधर्मादिकत्रयम् ।
अनन्तं विन्यसेन्मध्ये ततः पाशास्त्रयो गुणाः ॥ 16 ॥

dharmādipādaṃ vinyasya tathādharmādikatrayam |
anantaṃ vinyasenmadhye tataḥ pāśāstrayo guṇāḥ || 16 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 15.16 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 (15.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dharma, Dharman, Pada, Vinyasya, Tatha, Adharma, Adika, Traya, Asi, Madhye, Madhya, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Pasha, Tri, Guna,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 15.16). 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: “dharmādipādaṃ vinyasya tathādharmādikatrayam
  • dharmā -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    dharman (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    dharmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • adi -
  • ad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ad (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • pādam -
  • pāda (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • vinyasya -
  • vinyasya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vinyasya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tatha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • adharmā -
  • adharma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    adharmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • adika -
  • adika (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    adika (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • trayam -
  • traya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    traya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “ anantaṃ vinyasenmadhye tataḥ pāśāstrayo guṇāḥ
  • Cannot analyse *anantam*vi
  • vinya -
  • vi (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • ase -
  • asan (noun, neuter)
    [compound]
    asi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    asi (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • īn -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • madhye -
  • madhye (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    madhya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    madhya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    madhyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • tataḥ -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • pāśās -
  • pāśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    pāśā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • trayo* -
  • traya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tri (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • guṇāḥ -
  • guṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    guṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
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