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 18.6

भूमेर्वृतानि कुण्डानि तदङ्गानां तथैव च ।
शान्तिं लक्ष्मीं च वाग्देवीं रतिं पूर्वादि चाग्निषु ॥ 6 ॥

bhūmervṛtāni kuṇḍāni tadaṅgānāṃ tathaiva ca |
śāntiṃ lakṣmīṃ ca vāgdevīṃ ratiṃ pūrvādi cāgniṣu || 6 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 18.6 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 (18.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhumi, Vrita, Kunda, Tadam, Tada, Tatha, Lakshmi, Vagdevi, Rati, Purvadi, Agni,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 18.6). 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: “bhūmervṛtāni kuṇḍāni tadaṅgānāṃ tathaiva ca
  • bhūmer -
  • bhūmi (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    bhūmi (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • vṛtāni -
  • vṛta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    vṛ -> vṛta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √vṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vṛ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √vṛ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √vṛ class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √vṛ class 5 verb], [accusative plural from √vṛ class 5 verb], [nominative plural from √vṛ class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √vṛ class 9 verb], [accusative plural from √vṛ class 9 verb]
    vṛ -> vṛta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √vṛ class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √vṛ class 5 verb], [accusative plural from √vṛ class 5 verb], [nominative plural from √vṛ class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √vṛ class 9 verb], [accusative plural from √vṛ class 9 verb]
  • kuṇḍāni -
  • kuṇḍa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    kuṇḍ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active first single]
  • tadaṅ -
  • tadam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tadā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    tada (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • gānām -
  • ga (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    ga (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • tathai -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tatha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “ śāntiṃ lakṣmīṃ ca vāgdevīṃ ratiṃ pūrvādi cāgniṣu
  • Cannot analyse *śāntim*la
  • lakṣmīm -
  • lakṣmī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vāgdevīm -
  • vāgdevī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • ratim -
  • rati (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • pūrvādi -
  • pūrvādi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    pūrvādi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    pūrvādi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • agniṣu -
  • agni (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
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