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 26.149

तद्ध्वजं तु समादाय प्रोक्षयेन्मन्त्रवित्तमः ।
मूलमन्त्रेण मतिमान् ध्वजयष्ट्या तु बन्धयेत् ॥ 149 ॥

taddhvajaṃ tu samādāya prokṣayenmantravittamaḥ |
mūlamantreṇa matimān dhvajayaṣṭyā tu bandhayet || 149 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 26.149 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 (26.149). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tat, Tad, Aja, Samadaya, Proksha, Yah, Yat, Mantravid, Tama, Tamas, Matimat, Dhvajayashti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 26.149). 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: “taddhvajaṃ tu samādāya prokṣayenmantravittamaḥ
  • taddh -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • hva -
  • (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
  • ajam -
  • ajā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    aja (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    aja (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • samādāya -
  • samādāya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • prokṣa -
  • prokṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ye -
  • (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • īn -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • mantravit -
  • mantravid (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    mantravid (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tamaḥ -
  • tamas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    tama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ mūlamantreṇa matimān dhvajayaṣṭyā tu bandhayet
  • Cannot analyse *mūlamantreṇa*ma
  • matimān -
  • matimat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dhvajayaṣṭyā -
  • dhvajayaṣṭi (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • bandhayet -
  • bandh (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
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