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 26.168

देवेशयजनं यत्तु मण्डले पुष्पपूरिते ।
पुष्पयाग इति प्रोक्त उत्सवान्ते तु कारयेत् ॥ 168 ॥

deveśayajanaṃ yattu maṇḍale puṣpapūrite |
puṣpayāga iti prokta utsavānte tu kārayet || 168 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 26.168 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 (26.168). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Deveshaya, Jana, Yat, Yad, Mandala, Pushpa, Purita, Iti, Prokta, Utsava, Tad, Yushmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 26.168). 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: “deveśayajanaṃ yattu maṇḍale puṣpapūrite
  • deveśaya -
  • deveśaya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    deveśaya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • janam -
  • jana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    jana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    janā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • yat -
  • yat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • maṇḍale -
  • maṇḍala (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    maṇḍala (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    maṇḍalā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • puṣpa -
  • puṣpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    puṣpa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pūrite -
  • pūrita (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    pūrita (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    pūritā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    pṝ -> pūrita (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √pṝ]
    pṝ -> pūrita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √pṝ], [vocative dual from √pṝ], [accusative dual from √pṝ], [locative single from √pṝ]
    pṝ -> pūritā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √pṝ], [vocative single from √pṝ], [vocative dual from √pṝ], [accusative dual from √pṝ]
  • Line 2: “ puṣpayāga iti prokta utsavānte tu kārayet
  • Cannot analyse *puṣpayāga*it
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • prokta* -
  • prokta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • utsavān -
  • utsava (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • kārayet -
  • kṛ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
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