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 20.213

दीपः सप्तदशश्चैव मुद्राष्टादश उच्यते ।
हविरेकोनविंशश्च पानीयं विंशकस्तथा ॥ 213 ॥

dīpaḥ saptadaśaścaiva mudrāṣṭādaśa ucyate |
havirekonaviṃśaśca pānīyaṃ viṃśakastathā || 213 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.213 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 (20.213). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dipa, Saptadasha, Mudra, Tat, Ashas, Ucyat, Paniya, Vimshaka, Tatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.213). 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: “dīpaḥ saptadaśaścaiva mudrāṣṭādaśa ucyate
  • dīpaḥ -
  • dīpa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • saptadaśaś -
  • saptadaśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • mudrāṣ -
  • mudra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    mudrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ṭād -
  • ṭāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ṭa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    ṭa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • aśa* -
  • aśas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    aśas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ucyate -
  • uc -> ucyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √uc class 4 verb]
    uc -> ucyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √uc class 4 verb]
    vac (verb class 2)
    [present passive third single]
    vac (verb class 3)
    [present passive third single]
  • Line 2: “ havirekonaviṃśaśca pānīyaṃ viṃśakastathā
  • Cannot analyse *havirekonaviṃśaśca*pā
  • pānīyam -
  • pānīya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pānīya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pānīyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    -> pānīya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √ class 2 verb]
    -> pānīya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √ class 2 verb]
    -> pānīya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √ class 2 verb]
    -> pānīya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √ class 2 verb]
    -> pānīya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √ class 3 verb]
    -> pānīya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √ class 3 verb], [accusative single from √ class 3 verb]
  • viṃśakas -
  • viṃśaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
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