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 36.24

शङ्खभेर्यादिनादैस्तु नृत्तगीतसमन्वितम् ।
स्वस्तिवाचनसंयुक्तं गर्भागारं प्रवेशयेत् ॥ 24 ॥

śaṅkhabheryādinādaistu nṛttagītasamanvitam |
svastivācanasaṃyuktaṃ garbhāgāraṃ praveśayet || 24 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 36.24 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 (36.24). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shankha, Bheri, Adi, Adin, Ada, Nritta, Gita, Samanvita, Garbhagara, Pra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 36.24). 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: “śaṅkhabheryādinādaistu nṛttagītasamanvitam
  • śaṅkha -
  • śaṅkha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śaṅkha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bheryā -
  • bherī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single]
  • ādinā -
  • ādi (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ādi (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    ādin (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ādin (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • adais -
  • ada (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ada (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • nṛtta -
  • nṛtta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nṛt -> nṛtta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √nṛt class 4 verb]
    nṛt -> nṛtta (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √nṛt class 4 verb]
  • gīta -
  • gīta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    gīta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • samanvitam -
  • samanvita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    samanvita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    samanvitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “ svastivācanasaṃyuktaṃ garbhāgāraṃ praveśayet
  • Cannot analyse *svastivācanasaṃyuktam*ga
  • garbhāgāram -
  • garbhāgāra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • pra -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • veśayet -
  • viś (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
    viś (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
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