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 38.41

पूर्ववत्तोयसंपूर्णान् सहिरण्यान् सवस्त्रकान् ।
सापिधानान् सकूर्चांश्च मुखे चाश्वत्थपल्लवान् ॥ 41 ॥

pūrvavattoyasaṃpūrṇān sahiraṇyān savastrakān |
sāpidhānān sakūrcāṃśca mukhe cāśvatthapallavān || 41 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 38.41 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 (38.41). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Purvavat, Toya, Sampurna, Sahiranya, Sava, Tri, Tra, Aka, Kurca, Mukha, Ashvattha, Pallava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 38.41). 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: “pūrvavattoyasaṃpūrṇān sahiraṇyān savastrakān
  • pūrvavat -
  • pūrvavat (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    pūrvavat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    pūrvavat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • toya -
  • toya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sampūrṇān -
  • sampūrṇa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • sahiraṇyān -
  • sahiraṇya (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • savas -
  • savas (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    sava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tra -
  • tṛ (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    tra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • akā -
  • aka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ak (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ān -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “ sāpidhānān sakūrcāṃśca mukhe cāśvatthapallavān
  • Cannot analyse *sāpidhānān*sa
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kūrcāṃś -
  • kūrca (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mukhe -
  • mukha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    mukha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aśvattha -
  • aśvattha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    aśvattha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pallavān -
  • pallava (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
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