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 15.88

अनलं पूर्ववत् प्रोक्ष्य अ ग्निमूर्तिमनुस्मरेत् ।
अग्निं प्रोक्ष्यावटस्थं तं सानुस्वारे तु बीजके ॥ 88 ॥

analaṃ pūrvavat prokṣya a gnimūrtimanusmaret |
agniṃ prokṣyāvaṭasthaṃ taṃ sānusvāre tu bījake || 88 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 15.88 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 (15.88). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Analam, Anala, Purvavat, Pra, Uksh, Ukshya, Stha, Sanusvara, Bijaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 15.88). 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: “analaṃ pūrvavat prokṣya a gnimūrtimanusmaret
  • analam -
  • analam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    anala (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    analā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    nal (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active first single]
  • pūrvavat -
  • pūrvavat (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    pūrvavat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    pūrvavat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • pro -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ukṣya -
  • ukṣ -> ukṣya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √ukṣ]
    ukṣ (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ukṣ (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    ukṣ -> ukṣya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ukṣ class 1 verb]
    ukṣ -> ukṣya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ukṣ class 1 verb]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse gnimūrtimanusmaret
  • Line 2: “ agniṃ prokṣyāvaṭasthaṃ taṃ sānusvāre tu bījake
  • Cannot analyse *agnim*pr
  • pro -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ukṣyāva -
  • ukṣ -> ukṣya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative dual from √ukṣ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √ukṣ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √ukṣ class 1 verb]
  • aṭa -
  • aṭ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • stham -
  • stha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    stha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sthā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    sthā (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
  • tam -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • sānusvāre -
  • sānusvāra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    sānusvāra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sānusvārā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • bījake -
  • bījaka (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bījaka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
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