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 34.41

एकाग्निं वा प्रतिष्ठाप्य होमयेन्निशि पूर्ववत् ।
मूर्तिमन्त्रेण सकलं समिदाज्यचरूंस्तथा ॥ 41 ॥

ekāgniṃ vā pratiṣṭhāpya homayenniśi pūrvavat |
mūrtimantreṇa sakalaṃ samidājyacarūṃstathā || 41 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 34.41 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:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (34.41). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ekagni, Pratishthapya, Homa, Yah, Yat, Nish, Nishi, Purvavat, Sakala, Samit, Samidh, Ajya, Caru, Tatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 34.41). 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: “ekāgniṃ pratiṣṭhāpya homayenniśi pūrvavat
  • ekāgnim -
  • ekāgni (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    ekāgni (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • pratiṣṭhāpya -
  • pratiṣṭhāpya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pratiṣṭhāpya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • homa -
  • homa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ye -
  • (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • īn -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • niśi -
  • niśi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    niśi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    niśi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    niś (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • pūrvavat -
  • pūrvavat (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    pūrvavat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    pūrvavat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “ mūrtimantreṇa sakalaṃ samidājyacarūṃstathā
  • Cannot analyse *mūrtimantreṇa*sa
  • sakalam -
  • sakala (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sakala (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sakalā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • samid -
  • samit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    samidh (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    samidh (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    samidh (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ājya -
  • ājya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ājya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • carūṃs -
  • caru (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
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