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 20.258

त्रिमात्रकं तु मुद्राया दर्शनं दक्षिणादृशि ।
कपिलाज्येन संस्राव्य ह्यन्नसुक्तेन संस्पृशेत् ॥ 258 ॥

trimātrakaṃ tu mudrāyā darśanaṃ dakṣiṇādṛśi |
kapilājyena saṃsrāvya hyannasuktena saṃspṛśet || 258 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.258 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 (20.258). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Trimatri, Trimatra, Aka, Mudra, Darshana, Dakshinat, Dakshina, Shi, Samsravya, Anna, Sukti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.258). 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: “trimātrakaṃ tu mudrāyā darśanaṃ dakṣiṇādṛśi
  • trimātra -
  • trimātṛ (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    trimātṛ (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    trimātra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    trimātra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • akam -
  • aka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • mudrāyā* -
  • mudrā (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • darśanam -
  • darśana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    darśana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    darśanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • dakṣiṇād -
  • dakṣiṇāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    dakṣiṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    dakṣiṇa (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single]
  • -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • śi -
  • śi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    śī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    śī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    śī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “ kapilājyena saṃsrāvya hyannasuktena saṃspṛśet
  • Cannot analyse *kapilājyena*sa
  • saṃsrāvya -
  • saṃsrāvya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saṃsrāvya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hya -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • anna -
  • anna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    anna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sukte -
  • sukti (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • saṃ -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sam (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • spṛśet -
  • spṛś (verb class 6)
    [optative active third single]
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