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 20.164

विमाने दक्षिणे कुर्यात् दक्षिणामूर्तिमीश्वरम् ।
अक्षमालाधरं देवमष्टाक्षरपरायणम् ॥ 164 ॥

vimāne dakṣiṇe kuryāt dakṣiṇāmūrtimīśvaram |
akṣamālādharaṃ devamaṣṭākṣaraparāyaṇam || 164 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.164 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:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (20.164). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vimana, Dakshine, Dakshina, Dakshinamurti, Ishvara, Deva, Ashtakshara, Parayana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.164). 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: “vimāne dakṣiṇe kuryāt dakṣiṇāmūrtimīśvaram
  • vimāne -
  • vimāna (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    vimāna (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    vimānā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • 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]
  • kuryāt -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative active third single]
  • dakṣiṇāmūrtim -
  • dakṣiṇāmūrti (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • īśvaram -
  • īśvara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    īśvara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    īśvarā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “ akṣamālādharaṃ devamaṣṭākṣaraparāyaṇam
  • Cannot analyse *akṣamālādharam*de
  • devam -
  • deva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    deva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    devā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    devan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
  • aṣṭākṣara -
  • aṣṭākṣara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    aṣṭākṣara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • parāyaṇam -
  • parāyaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    parāyaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    parāyaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
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