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 26.194

पुष्पेषु पुष्पवर्गेषु छेदयित्वा विचक्षणः ।
पीतेषु कर्णिकां पूर्य रक्तं वै केसराणि च ॥ 194 ॥

puṣpeṣu puṣpavargeṣu chedayitvā vicakṣaṇaḥ |
pīteṣu karṇikāṃ pūrya raktaṃ vai kesarāṇi ca || 194 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 26.194 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 (26.194). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pushpa, Pushpavarga, Vicakshana, Karnika, Purya, Rakta, Kesara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 26.194). 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: “puṣpeṣu puṣpavargeṣu chedayitvā vicakṣaṇaḥ
  • puṣpeṣu -
  • puṣpeṣu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    puṣpa (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    puṣpa (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • puṣpavargeṣu -
  • puṣpavarga (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    puṣpavarga (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • chedayitvā -
  • chid -> chedayitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √chid]
  • vicakṣaṇaḥ -
  • vicakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ pīteṣu karṇikāṃ pūrya raktaṃ vai kesarāṇi ca
  • Cannot analyse *pīteṣu*ka
  • karṇikām -
  • karṇikā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • pūrya -
  • pūrya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pūrya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pṝ -> pūrya (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √pṝ]
    pṝ -> pūrya (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √pṝ]
    pṝ -> pūrya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √pṝ]
    pṝ -> pūrya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √pṝ]
    pṝ -> pūrya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √pṝ]
    pṝ -> pūrya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √pṝ]
    pṝ -> pūrya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √pṝ]
  • raktam -
  • rakta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    rakta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    raktā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    rag -> rakta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √rag class 1 verb]
    rag -> rakta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √rag class 1 verb], [accusative single from √rag class 1 verb]
    raj -> rakta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √raj class 1 verb], [accusative single from √raj class 4 verb]
    raj -> rakta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √raj class 1 verb], [accusative single from √raj class 1 verb], [nominative single from √raj class 4 verb], [accusative single from √raj class 4 verb]
    rañj -> rakta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √rañj class 1 verb], [accusative single from √rañj class 4 verb]
    rañj -> rakta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √rañj class 1 verb], [accusative single from √rañj class 1 verb], [nominative single from √rañj class 4 verb], [accusative single from √rañj class 4 verb]
  • vai -
  • (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
  • kesarāṇi -
  • kesara (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
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