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 28.60

पूर्ववद्देवदेवेशमलंकृत्य प्रयत्नतः ।
वासिताद्यैश्च मात्राभिस्तोषितं सुमनोरमम् ॥ 60 ॥

pūrvavaddevadeveśamalaṃkṛtya prayatnataḥ |
vāsitādyaiśca mātrābhistoṣitaṃ sumanoramam || 60 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 28.60 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 (28.60). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Purvavat, Devadevesha, Prayatnatah, Prayatnatas, Matra, Toshita, Sumanorama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 28.60). 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: “pūrvavaddevadeveśamalaṃkṛtya prayatnataḥ
  • pūrvavad -
  • pūrvavat (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    pūrvavat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    pūrvavat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • devadeveśam -
  • devadeveśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • alaṅkṛtya -
  • prayatnataḥ -
  • prayatnataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    prayatnatas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “ vāsitādyaiśca mātrābhistoṣitaṃ sumanoramam
  • Cannot analyse *vāsitādyaiśca*mā
  • mātrābhis -
  • mātrā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • toṣitam -
  • toṣita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    toṣita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    toṣitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    tuṣ -> toṣita (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √tuṣ]
    tuṣ -> toṣita (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √tuṣ]
    tuṣ -> toṣitā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √tuṣ]
    tuṣ -> toṣita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √tuṣ]
    tuṣ -> toṣita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √tuṣ], [accusative single from √tuṣ]
  • sumanoramam -
  • sumanorama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sumanorama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sumanoramā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
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