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 17.6

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पौरुषं सूक्तमुच्चार्य स्थापयेन्मतिमान् पृथक् ।
मूर्तीनां स्थानभेदस्तु बिम्बाध्याये प्रदर्शितः ॥ 6 ॥

pauruṣaṃ sūktamuccārya sthāpayenmatimān pṛthak |
mūrtīnāṃ sthānabhedastu bimbādhyāye pradarśitaḥ || 6 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 17.6 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 (17.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Paurusha, Sukta, Uccarya, Matimat, Prithak, Sthana, Bheda, Bimba, Adhyaya, Pradarshita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 17.6). 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: “pauruṣaṃ sūktamuccārya sthāpayenmatimān pṛthak ”
pauruṣam -
pauruṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pauruṣa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
sūktam -
sūkta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sūkta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

sūktā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
uccārya -
uccārya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

uccārya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sthāpayen -
√sthā (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]
matimān -
matimat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pṛthak -
pṛthak (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 2: “ mūrtīnāṃ sthānabhedastu bimbādhyāye pradarśitaḥ ”
Cannot analyse *mūrtīnām*st
sthāna -
sthāna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhedas -
bheda (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
bimbā -
bimba (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bimba (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

bimbā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
adhyāye -
adhyāya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
pradarśitaḥ -
pradarśita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021