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 28.101

तीरे देवं समानीय शुद्धस्नानं समाचरेत् ।
अर्घ्यादिनार्चयेद्देवमलंकृत्य प्रयत्नतः ॥ 101 ॥

tīre devaṃ samānīya śuddhasnānaṃ samācaret |
arghyādinārcayeddevamalaṃkṛtya prayatnataḥ || 101 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 28.101 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 (28.101). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tira, Deva, Sama, Samani, Shuddhasnana, Prayatnatah, Prayatnatas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 28.101). 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: “tīre devaṃ samānīya śuddhasnānaṃ samācaret
  • tīre -
  • tīra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    tīra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • devam -
  • deva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    deva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    devā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    devan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
  • samānī -
  • samānī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    sama (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    sam (verb class 1)
    [imperative active first single]
  • iya -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • śuddhasnānam -
  • śuddhasnāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • samā -
  • samā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    samā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • caret -
  • car (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “ arghyādinārcayeddevamalaṃkṛtya prayatnataḥ
  • Cannot analyse *arghyādinārcayeddevamalaṅkṛtya*pr
  • prayatnataḥ -
  • prayatnataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    prayatnatas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
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