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 20.246

क्षालयेत् सर्वपात्राणि पूर्ववत्तन्त्रवित्तमः ।
तत्तत् पात्रेषु तद्द्रव्यं निक्षिप्यापूर्य पुष्पकम् ॥ 246 ॥

kṣālayet sarvapātrāṇi pūrvavattantravittamaḥ |
tattat pātreṣu taddravyaṃ nikṣipyāpūrya puṣpakam || 246 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.246 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 (20.246). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sarvapad, Rani, Purvavat, Tantra, Vitta, Patra, Tad, Tat, Dravya, Dravi, Nikshipya, Pushpaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.246). 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: “kṣālayet sarvapātrāṇi pūrvavattantravittamaḥ
  • kṣālayet -
  • kṣal (verb class 10)
    [optative active third single]
  • sarvapāt -
  • sarvapad (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
    sarvapad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • rāṇi -
  • rāṇi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    rāṇī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    ra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperative active first single]
  • pūrvavat -
  • pūrvavat (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    pūrvavat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    pūrvavat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tantra -
  • tantra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vittam -
  • vitta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vitta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vittā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    vid -> vitta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √vid class 6 verb]
    vid -> vitta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √vid class 6 verb], [accusative single from √vid class 6 verb]
    vid -> vitta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √vid class 7 verb]
    vid -> vitta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √vid class 7 verb], [accusative single from √vid class 7 verb]
    vid (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second dual]
  • aḥ -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “ tattat pātreṣu taddravyaṃ nikṣipyāpūrya puṣpakam
  • Cannot analyse *tattat*pā
  • pātreṣu -
  • pātra (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    pātra (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • dravyam -
  • dravya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dravya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dravyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    dravī (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • nikṣipyā -
  • nikṣipya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nikṣipya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • apūrya -
  • puṣpakam -
  • puṣpaka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    puṣpaka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
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