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 20.27

सुवार्णाद्यङ्गुलीयैवा धारयेद्दक्षिणे भुजे ।
आपोहिष्ठेति मन्त्रेण प्रोक्षयेत् स्वशिरोपरि ॥ 27 ॥

suvārṇādyaṅgulīyaivā dhārayeddakṣiṇe bhuje |
āpohiṣṭheti mantreṇa prokṣayet svaśiropari || 27 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.27 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 (20.27). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yah, Guli, Eva, Dakshine, Dakshina, Bhuj, Bhuja, Bhuji, Mantra, Sva, Svan, Ashira, Upari,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.27). 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: “suvārṇādyaṅgulīyaivā dhārayeddakṣiṇe bhuje
  • suvār -
  • suvār (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    suvār (noun, neuter)
    [compound]
  • ṇād -
  • ṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • yaṅ -
  • yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • gulī -
  • gulī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • iyai -
  • ī (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single], [dative single]
    ī (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single], [dative single]
    i (verb class 2)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • evā* -
  • eva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • dhārayed -
  • dhṛ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • dakṣiṇe -
  • dakṣiṇe (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    dakṣiṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    dakṣiṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    dakṣiṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • bhuje -
  • bhuj (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    bhuj (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    bhuja (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhujā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    bhuji (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    bhuji (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    bhuj (verb class 6)
    [present middle first single]
  • Line 2: “ āpohiṣṭheti mantreṇa prokṣayet svaśiropari
  • Cannot analyse *āpohiṣṭheti*ma
  • mantreṇa -
  • mantra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • pro -
  • kṣayet -
  • kṣi (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
    kṣī (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • sva -
  • (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    so (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    sva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    svan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    svan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sva (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • aśiro -
  • aśira (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    aśira (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • upari -
  • upari (indeclinable postposition)
    [indeclinable postposition]
    upari (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
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