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 18.30

एवं वैवाहिकं कृत्वा पूजयेत् पुरुषोत्तमम् ।
अनेनैव विधानेन प्रतिष्ठामात्रया पि वा ॥ 30 ॥

evaṃ vaivāhikaṃ kṛtvā pūjayet puruṣottamam |
anenaiva vidhānena pratiṣṭhāmātrayā pi vā || 30 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 18.30 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 (18.30). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Evam, Eva, Vaivahika, Kritva, Kritvan, Purushottama, Vidhana, Pratishtha, Atra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 18.30). 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: “evaṃ vaivāhikaṃ kṛtvā pūjayet puruṣottamam
  • evam -
  • evam (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    evam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • vaivāhikam -
  • vaivāhika (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vaivāhika (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative 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]
  • pūjayet -
  • pūj (verb class 10)
    [optative active third single]
  • puruṣottamam -
  • puruṣottama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “ anenaiva vidhānena pratiṣṭhāmātrayā pi
  • Cannot analyse *anenaiva*vi
  • vidhānena -
  • vidhāna (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    vidhāna (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • pratiṣṭhām -
  • pratiṣṭhā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • ātra -
  • ātra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse pi*vā
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
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