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 23.14

दाडिमं च तथा हव्यं पालाशं पादपं तथा ।
एवमादीनि चान्यानि देवोद्याने तु दर्शकान् ॥ 14 ॥

dāḍimaṃ ca tathā havyaṃ pālāśaṃ pādapaṃ tathā |
evamādīni cānyāni devodyāne tu darśakān || 14 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 23.14 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 (23.14). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dadima, Tatha, Havya, Palasha, Padapa, Ani, Devodyana, Darshaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 23.14). 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: “dāḍimaṃ ca tathā havyaṃ pālāśaṃ pādapaṃ tathā
  • dāḍimam -
  • dāḍima (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dāḍima (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dāḍimā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tathā* -
  • tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • havyam -
  • havya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    havya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    havyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    hu -> havya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √hu class 3 verb]
    hu -> havya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √hu class 3 verb], [accusative single from √hu class 3 verb]
    -> havya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √ class 1 verb]
    -> havya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √ class 1 verb]
  • pālāśam -
  • pālāśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pālāśa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • pādapam -
  • pādapa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pādapā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ evamādīni cānyāni devodyāne tu darśakān
  • Cannot analyse *evamādīni*cā
  • cānyā -
  • cam -> cānya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √cam]
    cam -> cānya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √cam]
  • ani -
  • ani (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    anī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • devodyāne -
  • devodyāna (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • darśakān -
  • darśaka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
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