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 22.136

ऐन्द्रे तु मध्यभागे तु न्यसेच्चन्दनकर्दमम् ।
याम्ये तु मध्यभागे तु न्यसेत् कुङ्कुमकर्दमम् ॥ 136 ॥

aindre tu madhyabhāge tu nyaseccandanakardamam |
yāmye tu madhyabhāge tu nyaset kuṅkumakardamam || 136 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 22.136 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 (22.136). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Aindra, Aindri, Madhyabhaga, Kunkuma, Kardama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 22.136). 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: “aindre tu madhyabhāge tu nyaseccandanakardamam
  • aindre -
  • aindra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    aindra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    aindri (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • madhyabhāge -
  • madhyabhāga (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • Cannot analyse nyaseccandanakardamam
  • Line 2: “ yāmye tu madhyabhāge tu nyaset kuṅkumakardamam
  • Cannot analyse *yāmye*tu
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • madhyabhāge -
  • madhyabhāga (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • Cannot analyse nyaset*ku
  • kuṅkuma -
  • kuṅkuma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kuṅkuma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kardamam -
  • kardama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kardama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
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