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 16.2

तत्तन्मूर्त्यनुसारेण कारयेत् सुमनोहरम् ।
प्रथमं च द्वितीयं च संक्षेपाच्छृणु सुव्रत ॥ 2 ॥

tattanmūrtyanusāreṇa kārayet sumanoharam |
prathamaṃ ca dvitīyaṃ ca saṃkṣepācchṛṇu suvrata || 2 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 16.2 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 (16.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tat, Tad, Tan, Murti, Anusara, Sumanohara, Dvitiyam, Dvitiya, Sankshepa, Suvrata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 16.2). 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: “tattanmūrtyanusāreṇa kārayet sumanoharam
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tan -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • mūrtya -
  • mūrti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    mūrti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    mūrtī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    mūrtī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    mūrtī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • anusāreṇa -
  • anusāra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • kārayet -
  • kṛ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • sumanoharam -
  • sumanohara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sumanohara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sumanoharā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “ prathamaṃ ca dvitīyaṃ ca saṃkṣepācchṛṇu suvrata
  • Cannot analyse *prathamam*ca
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dvitīyam -
  • dvitīyam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    dvitīya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dvitīya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dvitīyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • saṅkṣepācch -
  • saṅkṣepa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • śṛṇu -
  • śru (verb class 5)
    [imperative active second single]
  • suvrata -
  • suvrata (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    suvrata (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
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