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 15.74

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तण्डुलेनाक्षतेनात्र चन्द्रमण्डलमालिखेत् ।
तन्मध्ये बीजमालिख्य पूर्वादष्टाक्षरं लिखेत् ॥ 74 ॥

taṇḍulenākṣatenātra candramaṇḍalamālikhet |
tanmadhye bījamālikhya pūrvādaṣṭākṣaraṃ likhet || 74 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 15.74 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 (15.74). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tandula, Akshata, Atra, Candramandala, Bija, Alikhya, Purva, Ashtakshara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 15.74). 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: “taṇḍulenākṣatenātra candramaṇḍalamālikhet ”
taṇḍulenā -
taṇḍula (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
akṣatenā -
akṣata (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

akṣata (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
atra -
atra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

atra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

atra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
candramaṇḍalam -
candramaṇḍala (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ā -
ā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
likhet -
√likh (verb class 6)

[optative active third single]
Line 2: “ tanmadhye bījamālikhya pūrvādaṣṭākṣaraṃ likhet ”
Cannot analyse *tanmadhye*bī
bījam -
bīja (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bīja (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

bījā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ālikhya -
ālikhya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
pūrvād -
pūrva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

pūrva (noun, neuter)

[ablative single]
aṣṭākṣaram -
aṣṭākṣara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

aṣṭākṣara (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

aṣṭākṣarā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
likhet -
√likh (verb class 6)

[optative active third single]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021