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 35.29

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मन्त्रेणाष्टाक्षरेणैव द्वादशाक्षरमेव वा ।
नृत्तगीतसमातोद्यै रात्रिशेषं नयेद्बुधः ॥ 29 ॥

mantreṇāṣṭākṣareṇaiva dvādaśākṣarameva vā |
nṛttagītasamātodyai rātriśeṣaṃ nayedbudhaḥ || 29 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 35.29 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 (35.29). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mantra, Ashtakshara, Dvadashakshara, Eva, Ratrishesha, 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 35.29). 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: “mantreṇāṣṭākṣareṇaiva dvādaśākṣarameva vā ”
mantreṇā -
mantra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
aṣṭākṣareṇai -
aṣṭākṣara (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

aṣṭākṣara (noun, neuter)

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

[imperfect active first dual]
dvādaśākṣaram -
dvādaśākṣara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dvādaśākṣara (noun, neuter)

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

dvādaśākṣarā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
Line 2: “ nṛttagītasamātodyai rātriśeṣaṃ nayedbudhaḥ ”
Cannot analyse *nṛttagītasamātodyai*rā
rātriśeṣam -
rātriśeṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
nayed -
√nay (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]

√nī (verb class 1)

[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]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021