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 35.18

अयने चोत्तरे कुर्यात् पूर्वपक्षे शुभेऽहनि ।
कल्याणवारे सुतिथौ पूर्वेद्युः कारयेद्बुधः ॥ 18 ॥

ayane cottare kuryāt pūrvapakṣe śubhe'hani |
kalyāṇavāre sutithau pūrvedyuḥ kārayedbudhaḥ || 18 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 35.18 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 (35.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ayana, Uttara, Purvapaksha, Shubha, Shubh, Ahan, Sut, Sutin, Suti, Tha, Purvedyuh, Budha, Budh,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 35.18). 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: “ayane cottare kuryāt pūrvapakṣe śubhe'hani
  • ayane -
  • ayana (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ayana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    ayanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • co -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • uttare -
  • uttara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    uttara (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    uttarā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • kuryāt -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative active third single]
  • pūrvapakṣe -
  • pūrvapakṣa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • śubhe' -
  • śubha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    śubha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    śubhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    śubh (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    śubh (verb class 6)
    [present middle first single]
  • ahani -
  • ahan (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • Line 2: “ kalyāṇavāre sutithau pūrvedyuḥ kārayedbudhaḥ
  • Cannot analyse *kalyāṇavāre*su
  • suti -
  • suti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    sutin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    sutin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    sutī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    sutī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    sutī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    sut (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    sut (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • thau -
  • tha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • pūrvedyuḥ -
  • pūrvedyuḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • kārayed -
  • kṛ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • budhaḥ -
  • budha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    budh (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    budh (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
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