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 39.44

अग्निस्थाने जलस्थाने पुष्पस्थाने तथैव च ।
आस्थानमण्डपे चैव तथालंकारमण्डपे ॥ 44 ॥

agnisthāne jalasthāne puṣpasthāne tathaiva ca |
āsthānamaṇḍape caiva tathālaṃkāramaṇḍape || 44 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 39.44 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 (39.44). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Agnisthana, Jalasthana, Pushpa, Tha, Ana, Ani, Tatha, Alankara, Anda,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 39.44). 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: “agnisthāne jalasthāne puṣpasthāne tathaiva ca
  • agnisthāne -
  • agnisthāna (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    agnisthāna (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • jalasthāne -
  • jalasthāna (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • puṣpas -
  • puṣpa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • thā -
  • tha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ane -
  • ana (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ani (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • tathai -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tatha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “ āsthānamaṇḍape caiva tathālaṃkāramaṇḍape
  • Cannot analyse *āsthānamaṇḍape*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]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tatha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • alaṅkāram -
  • alaṅkāra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    alaṅkāra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • aṇḍa -
  • aṇḍa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pe -
  • pa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    pa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
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