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 17.3

स्नानोत्सवादिकार्यार्थं कालेऽस्मिन् वर्तते सति ।
जलवासं क्रमात् कृत्वा मण्डपे चाधिवासनम् ॥ 3 ॥

snānotsavādikāryārthaṃ kāle'smin vartate sati |
jalavāsaṃ kramāt kṛtvā maṇḍape cādhivāsanam || 3 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 17.3 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 (17.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Snana, Utsava, Adika, Ari, Arin, Arya, Artha, Kale, Kala, Idam, Vartat, Sat, Sati, Kramat, Krama, Kritva, Kritvan, Mandapa, Adhivasana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 17.3). 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: “snānotsavādikāryārthaṃ kāle'smin vartate sati
  • snāno -
  • snāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • utsavā -
  • utsava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • adikā -
  • adika (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    adika (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • aryā -
  • ari (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ari (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ari (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    arin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    arya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    arya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    aryā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • ārtham -
  • ārtha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ārtha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    arth (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active first single]
  • kāle' -
  • kāle (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kāla (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kāla (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kālā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • asmin -
  • idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • vartate -
  • vṛt -> vartat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √vṛt class 1 verb]
    vṛt -> vartat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √vṛt class 1 verb]
    vṛt (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
  • sati -
  • satī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    sati (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    sat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    sat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • Line 2: “ jalavāsaṃ kramāt kṛtvā maṇḍape cādhivāsanam
  • Cannot analyse *jalavāsam*kr
  • kramāt -
  • kramāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    krama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • kṛtvā -
  • kṛtvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛtvan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • maṇḍape -
  • maṇḍapa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    maṇḍapa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    maṇḍapā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • adhivāsanam -
  • adhivāsana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    adhivāsanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
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