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 16.101

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शलाकमात्रया चैव धारयाच्छिन्नया पुनः ।
परितः परिषेकं च कुर्यान्मूलेन मन्त्रवित् ॥ 101 ॥

śalākamātrayā caiva dhārayācchinnayā punaḥ |
paritaḥ pariṣekaṃ ca kuryānmūlena mantravit || 101 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 16.101 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 (16.101). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shalaka, Atra, Dharaya, Chinna, Puna, Parisheka, Mula, Mantravid,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 16.101). 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: “śalākamātrayā caiva dhārayācchinnayā punaḥ ”
śalākam -
śalāka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śalākā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ātra -
ātra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yā -
yā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
dhārayāc -
dhāraya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

dhāraya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
chinnayā -
chinnā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
punaḥ -
pu (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

puna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

pū (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “ paritaḥ pariṣekaṃ ca kuryānmūlena mantravit ”
Cannot analyse *paritaḥ*pa
pariṣekam -
pariṣeka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kuryān -
√kṛ (verb class 8)

[optative active third single]
mūlena -
mūla (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

mūla (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
mantravit -
mantravid (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

mantravid (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021