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 26.54

प्रत्यग्ग्रीवं ततो वस्त्रैः संच्छाद्य पतगेश्वरम् ।
तस्य दक्षिणतः कुम्भं विन्यसेत्तण्डुलोपरि ॥ 54 ॥

pratyaggrīvaṃ tato vastraiḥ saṃcchādya patageśvaram |
tasya dakṣiṇataḥ kumbhaṃ vinyasettaṇḍulopari || 54 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 26.54 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 (26.54). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pratyak, Griva, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Vastra, Ccha, Patageshvara, Dakshinatah, Kumbha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 26.54). 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: “pratyaggrīvaṃ tato vastraiḥ saṃcchādya patageśvaram
  • pratyag -
  • pratyak (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • grīvam -
  • grīva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    grīvā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tato* -
  • 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]
  • vastraiḥ -
  • vastra (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • sañ -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
  • cchād -
  • ccha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    ccha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ya -
  • patageśvaram -
  • patageśvara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “ tasya dakṣiṇataḥ kumbhaṃ vinyasettaṇḍulopari
  • Cannot analyse *tasya*da
  • dakṣiṇataḥ -
  • dakṣiṇataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • kumbham -
  • kumbha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kumbha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kumbhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse vinyasettaṇḍulopari
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