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 27.138

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पञ्चविंशतिभिर्वापि कलशैर्द्वादशैस्तु वा ।
यथावित्तानुसारेण स्नपनं कारयेद्धरिम् ॥ 138 ॥

pañcaviṃśatibhirvāpi kalaśairdvādaśaistu vā |
yathāvittānusāreṇa snapanaṃ kārayeddharim || 138 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 27.138 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 (27.138). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pancavimshati, Vapi, Vapin, Kalasha, Dvadasha, Snapana, Hari,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 27.138). 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: “pañcaviṃśatibhirvāpi kalaśairdvādaśaistu vā ”
pañcaviṃśatibhir -
pañcaviṃśati (noun, feminine)

[instrumental plural]
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]
kalaśair -
kalaśa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
dvādaśais -
dvādaśa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

dvādaśa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
Line 2: “ yathāvittānusāreṇa snapanaṃ kārayeddharim ”
Cannot analyse *yathāvittānusāreṇa*sn
snapanam -
snapana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

snapana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
kārayeddh -
√kṛ (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]
harim -
hari (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

hari (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021