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 34.44

सापिधानं सवस्त्रं च सुदृढं तन्तुवेष्टितम् ।
कलशान् साधयेदष्टविद्येशान् परितः क्रमात् ॥ 44 ॥

sāpidhānaṃ savastraṃ ca sudṛḍhaṃ tantuveṣṭitam |
kalaśān sādhayedaṣṭavidyeśān paritaḥ kramāt || 44 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 34.44 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 (34.44). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Apidhana, Sava, Tra, Sudridha, Veshtita, Ashtavidya, Isha, Paritah, Paritas, Kramat, Krama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 34.44). 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: “sāpidhānaṃ savastraṃ ca sudṛḍhaṃ tantuveṣṭitam
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • apidhānam -
  • apidhāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • savas -
  • savas (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    sava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tram -
  • tra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    tra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    trā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sudṛḍham -
  • sudṛḍha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sudṛḍha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sudṛḍhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tantu -
  • tantu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • veṣṭitam -
  • veṣṭita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    veṣṭita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    veṣṭitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    veṣṭ -> veṣṭita (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √veṣṭ]
    veṣṭ -> veṣṭita (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √veṣṭ]
    veṣṭ -> veṣṭitā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √veṣṭ]
    veṣṭ -> veṣṭita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √veṣṭ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √veṣṭ]
    veṣṭ -> veṣṭita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √veṣṭ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √veṣṭ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √veṣṭ], [accusative single from √veṣṭ]
  • Line 2: “ kalaśān sādhayedaṣṭavidyeśān paritaḥ kramāt
  • Cannot analyse *kalaśān*sā
  • sādhayed -
  • sidh (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • aṣṭavidye -
  • aṣṭavidyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • īśān -
  • īśa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • paritaḥ -
  • paritaḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    paritas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • kramāt -
  • kramāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    krama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
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