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 16.102

अञ्जलिं दर्शयित्वा तु सर्वमन्त्रांश्च संस्मरेत् ।
द्वारस्योत्तरपार्श्वे तु न्यासहोमं स्वमन्त्रतः ॥ 102 ॥

añjaliṃ darśayitvā tu sarvamantrāṃśca saṃsmaret |
dvārasyottarapārśve tu nyāsahomaṃ svamantrataḥ || 102 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 16.102 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 (16.102). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Anjali, Sarvamantra, Nyasa, Homa, Svamantra, Tas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 16.102). 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: “añjaliṃ darśayitvā tu sarvamantrāṃśca saṃsmaret
  • añjalim -
  • añjali (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • darśayitvā -
  • dṛś -> darśayitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dṛś]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • sarvamantrāṃś -
  • sarvamantra (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • saṃ -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sam (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • smaret -
  • smṛ (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “ dvārasyottarapārśve tu nyāsahomaṃ svamantrataḥ
  • Cannot analyse *dvārasyottarapārśve*tu
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • nyāsa -
  • nyāsa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • homam -
  • homa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • svamantra -
  • svamantra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    svamantra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • taḥ -
  • tas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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