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 16.64

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मूलमन्त्रेण जुहुयात् प्रत्येकाष्टाहुतीः क्रमात् ।
नृत्तगेयैश्च वाद्यैश्च वेदाध्ययनसत्कथाम् ॥ 64 ॥

mūlamantreṇa juhuyāt pratyekāṣṭāhutīḥ kramāt |
nṛttageyaiśca vādyaiśca vedādhyayanasatkathām || 64 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 16.64 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 (16.64). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mulamantra, Pratyeka, Ahuti, Kramat, Krama, Vadya, Vedadhyayana, Satkatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 16.64). 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: “mūlamantreṇa juhuyāt pratyekāṣṭāhutīḥ kramāt ”
mūlamantreṇa -
mūlamantra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
juhuyāt -
√hu (verb class 3)

[optative active third single]
pratyekāṣ -
pratyeka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

pratyekā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ṭā -
ṭa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ṭā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
āhutīḥ -
āhuti (noun, feminine)

[accusative plural]

āhutī (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]

āhutī (noun, feminine)

[accusative plural]
kramāt -
kramāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

krama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
Line 2: “ nṛttageyaiśca vādyaiśca vedādhyayanasatkathām ”
Cannot analyse *nṛttageyaiśca*vā
vādyaiś -
vādya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

vādya (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

√vad -> vādya (participle, masculine)

[instrumental plural from √vad class 1 verb], [instrumental plural from √vad]

√vad -> vādya (participle, neuter)

[instrumental plural from √vad class 1 verb], [instrumental plural from √vad]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vedādhyayana -
vedādhyayana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
satkathām -
satkathā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021