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 34.48

तक्षकं कर्मयोग्यत्वादाचार्यानुज्ञया मुने ।
नववस्त्राङ्गुलीयैस्तु पूजयेत्तक्षकान् क्रमात् ॥ 48 ॥

takṣakaṃ karmayogyatvādācāryānujñayā mune |
navavastrāṅgulīyaistu pūjayettakṣakān kramāt || 48 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 34.48 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 (34.48). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Takshaka, Karman, Yogyatva, Acari, Acarya, Anujna, Muni, 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 34.48). 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: “takṣakaṃ karmayogyatvādācāryānujñayā mune
  • takṣakam -
  • takṣaka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • karma -
  • karman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • yogyatvād -
  • yogyatva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ācāryā -
  • ācārya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ācārī (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    ācāryā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • anujñayā -
  • anujñā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • mune -
  • muni (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • Line 2: “ navavastrāṅgulīyaistu pūjayettakṣakān kramāt
  • Cannot analyse *navavastrāṅgulīyaistu*pū
  • pūjayet -
  • pūj (verb class 10)
    [optative active third single]
  • takṣakān -
  • takṣaka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • kramāt -
  • kramāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    krama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
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