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 39.27

दहने तु प्रवक्ष्यामि प्रायश्चित्तविधिक्रमम् ।
प्रासादं मण्डपं वाथ प्राकारं गोपुरं तथा ॥ 27 ॥

dahane tu pravakṣyāmi prāyaścittavidhikramam |
prāsādaṃ maṇḍapaṃ vātha prākāraṃ gopuraṃ tathā || 27 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 39.27 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 (39.27). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dahana, Prava, Kshi, Amin, Krama, Mandapa, Prakara, Gopura, Tatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 39.27). 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: “dahane tu pravakṣyāmi prāyaścittavidhikramam
  • dahane -
  • dahana (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    dahana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    dahanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • prava -
  • prava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prava (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kṣyā -
  • kṣi (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • ami -
  • amin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    amin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • prāyaścittavidhi -
  • prāyaścittavidhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • kramam -
  • krama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “ prāsādaṃ maṇḍapaṃ vātha prākāraṃ gopuraṃ tathā
  • Cannot analyse *prāsādam*ma
  • maṇḍapam -
  • maṇḍapa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    maṇḍapa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    maṇḍapā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • vātha -
  • (verb class 2)
    [present active second plural]
    (verb class 1)
    [present active second plural]
  • prākāram -
  • prākāra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • gopuram -
  • gopura (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    gopura (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    gopurā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
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