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 25.21

सुभुजो दुर्भुजश्चैव भुजगो वह्निजेश्वरः ।
इत्येते षोडश प्रोक्ता घटिकानां तु नामतः ॥ 21 ॥

subhujo durbhujaścaiva bhujago vahnijeśvaraḥ |
ityete ṣoḍaśa proktā ghaṭikānāṃ tu nāmataḥ || 21 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 25.21 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 (25.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Subhuja, Duh, Bhuj, Bhuja, Bhujaga, Ishvara, Shodasha, Shodashan, Prokta, Ghatika, Namatah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 25.21). 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: “subhujo durbhujaścaiva bhujago vahnijeśvaraḥ
  • subhujo* -
  • subhuja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dur -
  • duḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    dur (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    dur (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • bhujaś -
  • bhuj (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    bhuj (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    bhuja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative 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]
  • bhujago* -
  • bhujaga (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vahni -
  • vahni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • je -
  • ja (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    ja (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ji (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    ji (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • iśvaraḥ -
  • iśvara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ ityete ṣoḍaśa proktā ghaṭikānāṃ tu nāmataḥ
  • Cannot analyse *ityete*ṣo
  • ṣoḍaśa -
  • ṣoḍaśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ṣoḍaśa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ṣoḍaśan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    ṣoḍaśan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • proktā* -
  • prokta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    proktā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ghaṭikānām -
  • ghaṭika (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    ghaṭika (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    ghaṭikā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • nāmataḥ -
  • nāmataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
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