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 22.176

इन्द्रवल्यङ्कुरं चैव वंशकाङ्कुरमेव च ।
अश्वत्थस्याङ्कुरं चैव एकपद्मं तथैव च ॥ 176 ॥

indravalyaṅkuraṃ caiva vaṃśakāṅkurameva ca |
aśvatthasyāṅkuraṃ caiva ekapadmaṃ tathaiva ca || 176 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 22.176 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 (22.176). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Indra, Vali, Valya, Valin, Ankura, Vamshaka, Eva, Padma, Tatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 22.176). 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: “indravalyaṅkuraṃ caiva vaṃśakāṅkurameva ca
  • indra -
  • indra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • valya -
  • valī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    val -> valya (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √val]
    val -> valya (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √val]
    val -> valya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √val]
    val -> valya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √val]
    valin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    valin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    val -> valya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √val]
    val -> valya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √val]
  • aṅkuram -
  • aṅkura (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • vaṃśakā -
  • vaṃśaka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vaṃśaka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • aṅkuram -
  • aṅkura (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “ aśvatthasyāṅkuraṃ caiva ekapadmaṃ tathaiva ca
  • Cannot analyse *aśvatthasyāṅkuram*ca
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • eva* -
  • eva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • eka -
  • eka (noun, neuter)
    [compound]
  • padmam -
  • padma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    padma (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    padmā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tathai -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tatha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
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