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 39.221

परिभ्रमं तु द्विगुणं होमं चैव तु कारयेत् ।
एकाहादधिकं चैव विघ्नितश्चेन्महोत्सवः ॥ 221 ॥

paribhramaṃ tu dviguṇaṃ homaṃ caiva tu kārayet |
ekāhādadhikaṃ caiva vighnitaścenmahotsavaḥ || 221 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 39.221 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 (39.221). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Paribhrama, Dviguna, Homa, Vighnita, Mahotsava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 39.221). 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: “paribhramaṃ tu dviguṇaṃ homaṃ caiva tu kārayet
  • paribhramam -
  • paribhrama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    paribhrama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    paribhramā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • dviguṇam -
  • dviguṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dviguṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dviguṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • homam -
  • homa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative 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]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • kārayet -
  • kṛ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “ ekāhādadhikaṃ caiva vighnitaścenmahotsavaḥ
  • Cannot analyse *ekāhādadhikam*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]
  • vighnitaś -
  • vighnita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ce -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • īn -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • mahotsavaḥ -
  • mahotsava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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