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 20.193

वृषध्वजं त्रिणेत्रं च शूलपाणीन्दुमौलिनम् ।
एवं ध्यायेत् क्रमात् सर्वान् स्वनाम्ना पूजयेत् पृथक् ॥ 193 ॥

vṛṣadhvajaṃ triṇetraṃ ca śūlapāṇīndumaulinam |
evaṃ dhyāyet kramāt sarvān svanāmnā pūjayet pṛthak || 193 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.193 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 (20.193). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vrishadhvaja, Trina, Tra, Shulapani, Maulin, Kramat, Krama, Sarva, Svanaman, Prithak,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.193). 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: “vṛṣadhvajaṃ triṇetraṃ ca śūlapāṇīndumaulinam
  • vṛṣadhvajam -
  • vṛṣadhvaja (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vṛṣadhvajā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • triṇe -
  • triṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    triṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • tram -
  • tra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    tra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    trā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śūlapāṇīn -
  • śūlapāṇi (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • du -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • maulinam -
  • maulin (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “ evaṃ dhyāyet kramāt sarvān svanāmnā pūjayet pṛthak
  • Cannot analyse *evam*dh
  • dhyāyet -
  • dhyā (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • kramāt -
  • kramāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    krama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • sarvān -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • svanāmnā -
  • svanāman (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    svanāman (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • pūjayet -
  • pūj (verb class 10)
    [optative active third single]
  • pṛthak -
  • pṛthak (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
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