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 37.12

स्नानं वस्त्रोपवीतं च भूषणं गन्धपुष्पकम् ।
धूपदीपं निवेद्यादि स्तोत्रं रजमुखं स्मरन् ॥ 12 ॥

snānaṃ vastropavītaṃ ca bhūṣaṇaṃ gandhapuṣpakam |
dhūpadīpaṃ nivedyādi stotraṃ rajamukhaṃ smaran || 12 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 37.12 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 (37.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Snana, Vastri, Vastra, Upavita, Bhushana, Gandhapushpaka, Nivedin, Nivedya, Adi, Adin, Stotra, Raja, Ukha, Smarat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 37.12). 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: “snānaṃ vastropavītaṃ ca bhūṣaṇaṃ gandhapuṣpakam
  • snānam -
  • snāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vastro -
  • vastra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vastṛ (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    vastrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • upavītam -
  • upavīta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    upavīta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    upavītā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhūṣaṇam -
  • bhūṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bhūṣaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    bhūṣaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • gandhapuṣpakam -
  • gandhapuṣpaka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    gandhapuṣpaka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “ dhūpadīpaṃ nivedyādi stotraṃ rajamukhaṃ smaran
  • Cannot analyse *dhūpadīpam*ni
  • nivedyā -
  • nivedin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    nivedin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    nivedya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nivedya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nivedyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ādi -
  • ādi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ādi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ādi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ādin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ādin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • stotram -
  • stotra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • rajam -
  • raja (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • ukham -
  • ukha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ukhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • smaran -
  • smṛ -> smarat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
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