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 25.12

एवं ज्ञात्वा मुनिरेष्ठ कारयेदङ्कुरार्पणम् ।
प्रतिष्ठाद्युत्सवे चैव स्नपने यागदर्शने ॥ 12 ॥

evaṃ jñātvā munireṣṭha kārayedaṅkurārpaṇam |
pratiṣṭhādyutsave caiva snapane yāgadarśane || 12 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 25.12 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 (25.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Evam, Eva, Muni, Tha, Ankurarpana, Snapana, Yaga, Darshana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 25.12). 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: “evaṃ jñātvā munireṣṭha kārayedaṅkurārpaṇam
  • evam -
  • evam (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    evam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • jñātvā -
  • jñā -> jñātvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √jñā]
    jñā -> jñātvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √jñā]
  • munir -
  • muni (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • eṣ -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • ṭha -
  • ṭha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kārayed -
  • kṛ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • aṅkurārpaṇam -
  • aṅkurārpaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “ pratiṣṭhādyutsave caiva snapane yāgadarśane
  • Cannot analyse *pratiṣṭhādyutsave*ca
  • 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]
  • snapane -
  • snapana (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    snapana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • yāga -
  • yāga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • darśane -
  • darśana (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    darśana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    darśanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
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