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 22.25

व्रीहिस्थाने विलिखेत् विष्णुबीजं सबिन्दुनामिकया ।
प्रणवं जपन् प्रसन्नस्तदुपरि संस्थाप्य कलशानि ॥ 25 ॥

vrīhisthāne vilikhet viṣṇubījaṃ sabindunāmikayā |
praṇavaṃ japan prasannastadupari saṃsthāpya kalaśāni || 25 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 22.25 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 (22.25). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vrihistha, Ana, Ani, Bija, Sabindu, Amin, Kaya, Japat, Prasanna, Tad, Tat, Upari, Samsthapya, Kalasha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 22.25). 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: “vrīhisthāne vilikhet viṣṇubījaṃ sabindunāmikayā
  • vrīhisthā -
  • vrīhistha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vrīhistha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ane -
  • ana (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ani (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • vi -
  • vi (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    vi (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    vi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ve (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vi (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • likhet -
  • likh (verb class 6)
    [optative active third single]
  • viṣṇu -
  • viṣṇu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    viṣṇu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • bījam -
  • bīja (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bīja (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    bījā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • sabindunā -
  • sabindu (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • ami -
  • amin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    amin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • kayā -
  • kayā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    kayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ praṇavaṃ japan prasannastadupari saṃsthāpya kalaśāni
  • Cannot analyse *praṇavam*ja
  • japan -
  • jap -> japat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √jap class 1 verb], [vocative single from √jap class 1 verb]
  • prasannas -
  • prasanna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • upari -
  • upari (indeclinable postposition)
    [indeclinable postposition]
    upari (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • saṃsthāpya -
  • saṃsthāpya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    saṃsthāpya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saṃsthāpya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kalaśā -
  • kalaśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ani -
  • ani (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    anī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
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