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 26.139

होमान्ते कुमुदादीनामारभ्य बलिमाचरेत् ।
यावत्तीर्थावसानं तु तावद्ग्रामादिवास्तुषु ॥ 139 ॥

homānte kumudādīnāmārabhya balimācaret |
yāvattīrthāvasānaṃ tu tāvadgrāmādivāstuṣu || 139 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 26.139 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 (26.139). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Homanta, Kumudadi, Arabhya, Baliman, Tavat, Grama, Iva, Astu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 26.139). 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: “homānte kumudādīnāmārabhya balimācaret
  • homānte -
  • homānta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    homānta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • kumudādīnām -
  • kumudādi (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • ārabhya -
  • ārabhya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ārabhya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • balimā -
  • baliman (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • caret -
  • car (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “ yāvattīrthāvasānaṃ tu tāvadgrāmādivāstuṣu
  • Cannot analyse *yāvattīrthāvasānam*tu
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • tāvad -
  • tāvat (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tāvat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tāvat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    tāvat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • grāmād -
  • grāma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    grāma (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ivā -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • astuṣu -
  • astu (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    astu (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
    astu (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
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