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 35.5

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कारयेत् परितः पीठं मेखलाद्वयसंयुतम् ।
तालमात्रेण वा कुर्यात् बलिपीठं समन्ततः ॥ 5 ॥

kārayet paritaḥ pīṭhaṃ mekhalādvayasaṃyutam |
tālamātreṇa vā kuryāt balipīṭhaṃ samantataḥ || 5 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 35.5 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 (35.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Paritah, Paritas, Pitha, Mekhala, Vayasa, Yut, Yuta, Balipitha, Samantatah, Samantatas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 35.5). 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: “kārayet paritaḥ pīṭhaṃ mekhalādvayasaṃyutam ”
kārayet -
√kṛ (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]
paritaḥ -
paritaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

paritas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
pīṭham -
pīṭha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pīṭha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
mekhalād -
mekhala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

mekhala (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
vayasaṃ -
vayasa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
yutam -
yuta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

yuta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

yutā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

yut (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

√yu -> yuta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √yu class 2 verb], [accusative single from √yu class 6 verb], [accusative single from √yu class 9 verb]

√yu -> yuta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √yu class 2 verb], [accusative single from √yu class 2 verb], [nominative single from √yu class 6 verb], [accusative single from √yu class 6 verb], [nominative single from √yu class 9 verb], [accusative single from √yu class 9 verb]

√yu -> yuta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √yu class 3 verb]

√yu -> yuta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √yu class 3 verb], [accusative single from √yu class 3 verb]

√yu (verb class 2)

[imperative active second dual]
Line 2: “ tālamātreṇa vā kuryāt balipīṭhaṃ samantataḥ ”
Cannot analyse *tālamātreṇa*vā
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
kuryāt -
√kṛ (verb class 8)

[optative active third single]
balipīṭham -
balipīṭha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

balipīṭha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
samantataḥ -
samantataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

samantatas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021