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 36.30

तथैवाष्टघटाच्छक्तिं तद्देहे विनिवेशयेत् ।
परमेष्ठ्या न्यसेत् पूर्वं दिङ्मूर्त्यादीन् स्वविद्यया ॥ 30 ॥

tathaivāṣṭaghaṭācchaktiṃ taddehe viniveśayet |
parameṣṭhyā nyaset pūrvaṃ diṅmūrtyādīn svavidyayā || 30 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 36.30 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 (36.30). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatha, Eva, Ghata, Shakti, Tad, Tat, Deha, Purvam, Purva, Dish, Murti, Adi, Svavidya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 36.30). 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: “tathaivāṣṭaghaṭācchaktiṃ taddehe viniveśayet
  • tathai -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tatha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • evāṣ -
  • eva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ṭa -
  • ṭa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ṭa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ghaṭācch -
  • ghaṭa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    ghaṭa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • śaktim -
  • śakti (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    śakti (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • dehe -
  • deha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    deha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • vini -
  • vi (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    vini (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • veśayet -
  • viś (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
    viś (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “ parameṣṭhyā nyaset pūrvaṃ diṅmūrtyādīn svavidyayā
  • Cannot analyse *parameṣṭhyā*ny
  • Cannot analyse nyaset*pū
  • pūrvam -
  • pūrvam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pūrva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pūrva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • diṅ -
  • diś (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • mūrtyā -
  • mūrti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    mūrti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    mūrtī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    mūrtī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single]
    mūrtī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ādīn -
  • ādi (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • svavidyayā -
  • svavidyā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
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