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 15.71

विन्यसेन्न्यासमार्गेण शशाङ्काद्यक्षरैः क्रमात् ।
तत्र न्यासक्रमं वक्ष्ये श्रृणु कुण्डेषु नारद ॥ 71 ॥

vinyasennyāsamārgeṇa śaśāṅkādyakṣaraiḥ kramāt |
tatra nyāsakramaṃ vakṣye śrṛṇu kuṇḍeṣu nārada || 71 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 15.71 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:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (15.71). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Asi, Nyasa, Arga, Shashanka, Yaksha, Kramat, Krama, Nyasakrama, Vakshya, Kunda, Narada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 15.71). 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: “vinyasennyāsamārgeṇa śaśāṅkādyakṣaraiḥ kramāt
  • 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]
  • nyāsam -
  • nyāsa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • ā -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • argeṇa -
  • arga (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • śaśāṅkād -
  • śaśāṅka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • yakṣa -
  • yakṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yakṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yakṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • raiḥ -
  • ra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ra (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • kramāt -
  • kramāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    krama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • Line 2: “ tatra nyāsakramaṃ vakṣye śrṛṇu kuṇḍeṣu nārada
  • Cannot analyse *tatra*ny
  • nyāsakramam -
  • nyāsakrama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nyāsakrama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vakṣye -
  • vakṣ -> vakṣya (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √vakṣ class 1 verb], [locative single from √vakṣ]
    vakṣ -> vakṣya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √vakṣ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √vakṣ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √vakṣ class 1 verb], [locative single from √vakṣ class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √vakṣ], [vocative dual from √vakṣ], [accusative dual from √vakṣ], [locative single from √vakṣ]
    vakṣ -> vakṣyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √vakṣ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vakṣ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √vakṣ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √vakṣ class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √vakṣ], [vocative single from √vakṣ], [vocative dual from √vakṣ], [accusative dual from √vakṣ]
    vah (verb class 1)
    [future middle first single]
    vakṣ (verb class 1)
    [present passive first single]
    vakṣ (verb class 0)
    [present passive first single]
  • Cannot analyse śrṛṇu*ku
  • kuṇḍeṣu -
  • kuṇḍa (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    kuṇḍa (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • nārada -
  • nārada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nārada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
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