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 20.305

स्वेन स्वेन तु मन्त्रेण यथाशक्ति जपेत् क्रमात् ।
नमस्कारं क्रमात् कृत्वा तन्मूर्तिस्तुतिभिः क्रमात् ॥ 305 ॥

svena svena tu mantreṇa yathāśakti japet kramāt |
namaskāraṃ kramāt kṛtvā tanmūrtistutibhiḥ kramāt || 305 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.305 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 (20.305). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sva, Mantra, Yatha, Kramat, Krama, Kritva, Kritvan, Tat, Tad, Tan, Murti, Tud,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.305). 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: “svena svena tu mantreṇa yathāśakti japet kramāt
  • svena -
  • sva (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sva (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • svena -
  • sva (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sva (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • mantreṇa -
  • mantra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • aśakti -
  • aśakti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • japet -
  • jap (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • kramāt -
  • kramāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    krama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • Line 2: “ namaskāraṃ kramāt kṛtvā tanmūrtistutibhiḥ kramāt
  • Cannot analyse *namaskāram*kr
  • kramāt -
  • kramāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    krama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • kṛtvā -
  • kṛtvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛtvan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tan -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • mūrtis -
  • mūrti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    mūrti (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tut -
  • tud (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    tud (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ibhiḥ -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • kramāt -
  • kramāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    krama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
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