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 27.125

हविर्महाहविर्वापि दत्वा नृत्तादि कारयेत् ।
देवस्य पूर्वदिग्देशे बलिं दद्यात् समाहितः ॥ 125 ॥

havirmahāhavirvāpi datvā nṛttādi kārayet |
devasya pūrvadigdeśe baliṃ dadyāt samāhitaḥ || 125 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 27.125 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 (27.125). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Havis, Mahahavis, Vapi, Vapin, Dad, Var, Nritta, Purvadish, Desha, Bali, Samahita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 27.125). 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: “havirmahāhavirvāpi datvā nṛttādi kārayet
  • havir -
  • havis (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • mahāhavir -
  • mahāhavis (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    mahāhavis (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • vāpi -
  • vāpi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vāpī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    vāpin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vāpin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • 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]
  • vā* -
  • vār (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vār (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • nṛttā -
  • nṛtta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nṛt -> nṛtta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √nṛt class 4 verb]
    nṛt -> nṛtta (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √nṛt class 4 verb]
    nṛt -> nṛttā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √nṛt class 4 verb]
  • adi -
  • ad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ad (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • kārayet -
  • kṛ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “ devasya pūrvadigdeśe baliṃ dadyāt samāhitaḥ
  • Cannot analyse *devasya*pū
  • pūrvadig -
  • pūrvadiś (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • deśe -
  • deśa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    deśā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • balim -
  • bali (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • dadyāt -
  • (verb class 3)
    [optative active third single]
  • samāhitaḥ -
  • samāhita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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