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 20.59

चण्डप्रचण्डगरुडाः चतुर्थ्यन्तं नमोऽन्तकम् ।
दक्षिणोत्तरपूर्वे तु द्वारे च प्रणवैः सह ॥ 59 ॥

caṇḍapracaṇḍagaruḍāḥ caturthyantaṃ namo'ntakam |
dakṣiṇottarapūrve tu dvāre ca praṇavaiḥ saha || 59 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.59 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 (20.59). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Canda, Pracanda, Garuda, Caturthya, Tap, Nama, Namas, Antaka, Dvara, Pranava, Saha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.59). 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: “caṇḍapracaṇḍagaruḍāḥ caturthyantaṃ namo'ntakam
  • caṇḍa -
  • caṇḍa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    caṇḍa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    caṇḍ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • pracaṇḍa -
  • pracaṇḍa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pracaṇḍa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • garuḍāḥ -
  • garuḍa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • caturthyan -
  • caturthya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    caturthya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tam -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    tap (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    tap (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • namo' -
  • namas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    namas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    nama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • antakam -
  • antaka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    antaka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    antakā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “ dakṣiṇottarapūrve tu dvāre ca praṇavaiḥ saha
  • Cannot analyse *dakṣiṇottarapūrve*tu
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • dvāre -
  • dvāra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    dvāra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • praṇavaiḥ -
  • praṇava (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • saha -
  • saha (indeclinable postposition)
    [indeclinable postposition]
    saha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sah (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
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