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 23.39

ततः प्रणवमुच्चार्य षडक्षरमनुस्मरन् ।
पुष्पपात्रे तु संपूर्य प्रणवेनोद्धरेद्बुधः ॥ 39 ॥

tataḥ praṇavamuccārya ṣaḍakṣaramanusmaran |
puṣpapātre tu saṃpūrya praṇavenoddharedbudhaḥ || 39 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 23.39 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:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (23.39). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Pranava, Uccarya, Shadakshara, Anu, Smarat, Budha, Budh,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 23.39). 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: “tataḥ praṇavamuccārya ṣaḍakṣaramanusmaran
  • tataḥ -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • praṇavam -
  • praṇava (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    praṇavā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • uccārya -
  • uccārya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    uccārya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ṣaḍakṣaram -
  • ṣaḍakṣara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ṣaḍakṣara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • anu -
  • anu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    anu (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    anu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    anu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    anu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • smaran -
  • smṛ -> smarat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
  • Line 2: “ puṣpapātre tu saṃpūrya praṇavenoddharedbudhaḥ
  • Cannot analyse *puṣpapātre*tu
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • sampūrya -
  • praṇaveno -
  • praṇava (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • ud -
  • ud (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • dhared -
  • dhṛ (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • budhaḥ -
  • budha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    budh (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    budh (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
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