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 26.52

एवं तु मङ्गलान् न्यस्य पूर्वादिक्रमयोगतः ।
पूजयेत् कलशेष्वष्टमङ्गलानि यथाक्रमम् ॥ 52 ॥

evaṃ tu maṅgalān nyasya pūrvādikramayogataḥ |
pūjayet kalaśeṣvaṣṭamaṅgalāni yathākramam || 52 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 26.52 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 (26.52). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Evam, Eva, Mangala, Nyasya, Purvadi, Kramayogata, Kalasha, Ashtamangala, Yatha, Akramam, Akrama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 26.52). 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 tu maṅgalān nyasya pūrvādikramayogataḥ
  • 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]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • maṅgalān -
  • maṅgala (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative plural], [ablative single]
    maṅgala (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • nyasya -
  • nyasya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nyasya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nyasya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pūrvādi -
  • pūrvādi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    pūrvādi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    pūrvādi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • kramayogataḥ -
  • kramayogata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ pūjayet kalaśeṣvaṣṭamaṅgalāni yathākramam
  • Cannot analyse *pūjayet*ka
  • kalaśeṣva -
  • kalaśa (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
  • aṣṭamaṅgalāni -
  • aṣṭamaṅgala (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • akramam -
  • akramam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    akrama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    akrama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    akramā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    kram (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active first single], [aorist active first single]
    kram (verb class 4)
    [aorist active first single]
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