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 39.40

प्रमादात् प्रतिमा वापि द्विधा चैव भेवद्यदि ।
उलूकवासने चैव वृक्षाणां च समुद्भवे ॥ 40 ॥

pramādāt pratimā vāpi dvidhā caiva bhevadyadi |
ulūkavāsane caiva vṛkṣāṇāṃ ca samudbhave || 40 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 39.40 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 (39.40). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pramada, Pratima, Vapi, Vapin, Dvidha, Bha, Vadi, Vadya, Vriksha, Samudbhava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 39.40). 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: “pramādāt pratimā vāpi dvidhā caiva bhevadyadi
  • pramādāt -
  • pramāda (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • pratimā* -
  • pratimā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    pratimā (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [nominative plural], [vocative single], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    pratima (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • vāpi -
  • vāpi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vāpī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    vāpin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vāpin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • dvidhā -
  • dvidhā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    dvidhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • bhe -
  • bha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    bhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    bhā (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • vadya -
  • vadi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    vadya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vadya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vadi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vadi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vadi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vad -> vadya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √vad class 1 verb]
    vad -> vadya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √vad class 1 verb]
  • adi -
  • ad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ad (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • Line 2: “ ulūkavāsane caiva vṛkṣāṇāṃ ca samudbhave
  • Cannot analyse *ulūkavāsane*ca
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • vṛkṣāṇām -
  • vṛkṣa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    vṛkṣā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • samudbhave -
  • samudbhava (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
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