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 20.231

स्नपने मन्त्रभेदोऽस्ति मूर्तीनां मुनिसत्तम ।
नित्ये नैमित्तिके वापि विष्णोर्नुकमथावपि ॥ 231 ॥

snapane mantrabhedo'sti mūrtīnāṃ munisattama |
nitye naimittike vāpi viṣṇornukamathāvapi || 231 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.231 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 (20.231). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Snapana, Mantrabheda, Asti, Murti, Munisattama, Naimittika, Vapi, Vapin, Vishnu, Kama, Tha, Api,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.231). 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: “snapane mantrabhedo'sti mūrtīnāṃ munisattama
  • snapane -
  • snapana (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    snapana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • mantrabhedo' -
  • mantrabheda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • asti -
  • asti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    astī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    astī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    astī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [present active third single]
  • mūrtīnām -
  • mūrti (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
    mūrti (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    mūrtī (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    mūrtī (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
    mūrtī (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • munisattama -
  • munisattama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    munisattama (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “ nitye naimittike vāpi viṣṇornukamathāvapi
  • Cannot analyse *nitye*na
  • naimittike -
  • naimittika (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    naimittika (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • vāpi -
  • vāpi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vāpī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    vāpin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vāpin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • viṣṇor -
  • viṣṇu (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    viṣṇu (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • nu -
  • nu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    nu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    nau (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • kama -
  • kama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kama (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • thāva -
  • tha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
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