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 30.2

देवक्यां वसुदेवस्य देवानां हितकाम्यया ।
श्रावणे कृष्णपक्षे च रोहिण्यामष्टमे तिथौ ॥ 2 ॥

devakyāṃ vasudevasya devānāṃ hitakāmyayā |
śrāvaṇe kṛṣṇapakṣe ca rohiṇyāmaṣṭame tithau || 2 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 30.2 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 (30.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Devaki, Devakya, Vasudeva, Deva, Hitakamya, Krishnapaksha, Rohini, Ashtama, Titha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 30.2). 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: “devakyāṃ vasudevasya devānāṃ hitakāmyayā
  • devakyām -
  • devakī (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    devakyā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • vasudevasya -
  • vasudeva (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    vasudeva (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • devānām -
  • deva (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    deva (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    devā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • hitakāmyayā -
  • hitakāmyā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • Line 2: “ śrāvaṇe kṛṣṇapakṣe ca rohiṇyāmaṣṭame tithau
  • Cannot analyse *śrāvaṇe*kṛ
  • kṛṣṇapakṣe -
  • kṛṣṇapakṣa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rohiṇyām -
  • rohiṇi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    rohiṇī (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • aṣṭame -
  • aṣṭama (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    aṣṭama (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • tithau -
  • titha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
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