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 27.86

दत्वादर्शं तैलमुद्वर्तनं च ।
धात्रीस्नानं स्नानपूर्वोपचारम् ।
स्नानक्रमं प्रवक्ष्यामि नित्ये नैमित्तिकेऽपि च ॥ 86 ॥

datvādarśaṃ tailamudvartanaṃ ca |
dhātrīsnānaṃ snānapūrvopacāram |
snānakramaṃ pravakṣyāmi nitye naimittike'pi ca || 86 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 27.86 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 (27.86). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dad, Vada, Risha, Taila, Udvartana, Snana, Purva, Upacara, Prava, Kshi, Amin, Nitya, Naimittika, Api,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 27.86). 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: “datvādarśaṃ tailamudvartanaṃ ca
  • dat -
  • dad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    dad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    dat (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • vādar -
  • vāda (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vāda (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vādā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ṛśam -
  • ṛśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • tailam -
  • taila (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    taila (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • udvartanam -
  • udvartana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    udvartana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    udvartanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “ dhātrīsnānaṃ snānapūrvopacāram
  • Cannot analyse *dhātrīsnānam*sn
  • snāna -
  • snāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pūrvo -
  • pūrva (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    pūrva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pūrva (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    pūrvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • upacāram -
  • upacāra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • Line 3: “ snānakramaṃ pravakṣyāmi nitye naimittike'pi ca
  • Cannot analyse *snānakramam*pr
  • prava -
  • prava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prava (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kṣyā -
  • kṣi (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • ami -
  • amin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    amin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • nitye -
  • nitya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    nitya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    nityā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • naimittike' -
  • naimittika (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    naimittika (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
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