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 28.79

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स्थापयित्वार्चयेत्तस्मिन् गन्धपुष्पाक्षतैः क्रमात् ।
कलशान् नववस्त्रैस्तु वेष्टयेत् प्रणवेन तु ॥ 79 ॥

sthāpayitvārcayettasmin gandhapuṣpākṣataiḥ kramāt |
kalaśān navavastraistu veṣṭayet praṇavena tu || 79 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 28.79 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 (28.79). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sthapayitva, Tad, Gandhapushpa, Akshata, Kramat, Krama, Navavastra, Pranava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 28.79). 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: “sthāpayitvārcayettasmin gandhapuṣpākṣataiḥ kramāt ”
sthāpayitvā -
sthāpayitvā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

√sthā -> sthāpayitvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √sthā]
arcayet -
√ṛc (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]

√ṛc (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]
tasmin -
tad (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
gandhapuṣpā -
gandhapuṣpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

gandhapuṣpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

gandhapuṣpā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
akṣataiḥ -
akṣata (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

akṣata (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
kramāt -
kramāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

krama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
Line 2: “ kalaśān navavastraistu veṣṭayet praṇavena tu ”
Cannot analyse *kalaśān*na
navavastrais -
navavastra (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
veṣṭayet -
√veṣṭ (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]
praṇavena -
praṇava (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021