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 37.21

वानरं च महाचक्रं वृकशङ्खकपिञ्जलाः ।
अङ्कुशं लोकमातङ्ग ऋक्षाश्वं राजहंसकम् ॥ 21 ॥

vānaraṃ ca mahācakraṃ vṛkaśaṅkhakapiñjalāḥ |
aṅkuśaṃ lokamātaṅga ṛkṣāśvaṃ rājahaṃsakam || 21 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 37.21 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 (37.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vanara, Mahacakra, Vrika, Shankhaka, Pinjala, Lokamata, Ric, Riksha, Ashva, Rajahamsa, Kah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 37.21). 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: “vānaraṃ ca mahācakraṃ vṛkaśaṅkhakapiñjalāḥ
  • vānaram -
  • vānara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vānara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mahācakram -
  • mahācakra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    mahācakra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    mahācakrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • vṛka -
  • vṛka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śaṅkhaka -
  • śaṅkhaka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śaṅkhaka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • piñjalāḥ -
  • piñjala (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    piñjalā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “ aṅkuśaṃ lokamātaṅga ṛkṣāśvaṃ rājahaṃsakam
  • Cannot analyse *aṅkuśam*lo
  • lokamātaṅ -
  • lokamātā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    lokamāta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    lokamāta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ga*ṛ -
  • ga (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ga (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ṛk -
  • ṛc (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • ṛkṣā -
  • ṛkṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ṛkṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ṛkṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aśvam -
  • aśva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    aśvā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    śū (verb class 1)
    [aorist active first single]
  • rājahaṃsa -
  • rājahaṃsa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kam -
  • ka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
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