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 18.20

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लक्ष्म्याः पूर्वं ततो भूमेः कारयित्वा विचक्षणः ।
लग्नस्यातिक्रमे कृत्वा जलदानं यथाविधि ॥ 20 ॥

lakṣmyāḥ pūrvaṃ tato bhūmeḥ kārayitvā vicakṣaṇaḥ |
lagnasyātikrame kṛtvā jaladānaṃ yathāvidhi || 20 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 18.20 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 (18.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Lakshmi, Purvam, Purva, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Bhumi, Karayitva, Vicakshana, Kritva, Kritvan, Jaladana, Yathavidhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 18.20). 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: “lakṣmyāḥ pūrvaṃ tato bhūmeḥ kārayitvā vicakṣaṇaḥ ”
lakṣmyāḥ -
lakṣmī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
pūrvam -
pūrvam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pūrva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pūrva (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
tato* -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
bhūmeḥ -
bhūmi (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

bhūmi (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
kārayitvā* -
kārayitvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vicakṣaṇaḥ -
vicakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “ lagnasyātikrame kṛtvā jaladānaṃ yathāvidhi ”
Cannot analyse *lagnasyātikrame*kṛ
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]
jaladānam -
jaladāna (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
yathāvidhi -
yathāvidhi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021