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 34.40

तत्तन्मध्ये तु संस्थाप्य पुनः प्रच्छाद्य वाससा ।
होमं कुर्याच्चतुर्दिक्षु अथवा पश्चिमे दिशि ॥ 40 ॥

tattanmadhye tu saṃsthāpya punaḥ pracchādya vāsasā |
homaṃ kuryāccaturdikṣu athavā paścime diśi || 40 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 34.40 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 (34.40). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tat, Tad, Tanmadhya, Samsthapya, Puna, Pracchadya, Vasas, Catu, Catus, Dish, Dikshu, Athava, Pashcime, Pashcima,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 34.40). 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: “tattanmadhye tu saṃsthāpya punaḥ pracchādya vāsasā
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tanmadhye -
  • tanmadhya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • saṃsthāpya -
  • saṃsthāpya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    saṃsthāpya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saṃsthāpya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • punaḥ -
  • pu (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    puna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • pracchādya -
  • pracchādya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pracchādya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pracchādya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vāsasā -
  • vāsas (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • Line 2: “ homaṃ kuryāccaturdikṣu athavā paścime diśi
  • Cannot analyse *homam*ku
  • kuryāc -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative active third single]
  • catur -
  • catur (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    catus (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    catu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    catu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • dikṣu -
  • dikṣu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    dikṣu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    dikṣu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    diś (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
  • athavā -
  • athavā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • paścime -
  • paścime (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    paścima (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    paścima (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    paścimā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • diśi -
  • diś (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
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