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 34.58

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प्राकारस्यैव कुर्यात्तु रत्नन्यासं विना क्रमम् ।
गोपुरे मण्डपे चैव मूर्तिहोमं विना भवेत् ॥ 58 ॥

prākārasyaiva kuryāttu ratnanyāsaṃ vinā kramam |
gopure maṇḍape caiva mūrtihomaṃ vinā bhavet || 58 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 34.58 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 (34.58). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Prakara, Ratnanyasa, Vina, Krama, Mandapa, Murti, Homa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 34.58). 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: “prākārasyaiva kuryāttu ratnanyāsaṃ vinā kramam ”
prākārasyai -
prākāra (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
kuryāt -
√kṛ (verb class 8)

[optative active third single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
ratnanyāsam -
ratnanyāsa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ratnanyāsa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
vinā -
vinā (indeclinable postposition)

[indeclinable postposition]

vi (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vi (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

vī (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

vinā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
kramam -
krama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
Line 2: “ gopure maṇḍape caiva mūrtihomaṃ vinā bhavet ”
Cannot analyse *gopure*ma
maṇḍape -
maṇḍapa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

maṇḍapa (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

maṇḍapā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
mūrti -
mūrti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

mūrti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

mūrtī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

mūrtī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

mūrtī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
homam -
homa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
vinā* -
vina (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vinā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
bhavet -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021