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 39.345

जलाधिवासनादीनि पूर्वोक्तेनैव कारयेत् ।
गोदानं भूमिदानं च हिरण्यं वस्त्रमेव च ॥ 345 ॥

jalādhivāsanādīni pūrvoktenaiva kārayet |
godānaṃ bhūmidānaṃ ca hiraṇyaṃ vastrameva ca || 345 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 39.345 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 (39.345). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jaladhivasa, Nadi, Nadin, Purvokta, Bhumidana, Hiranya, Vastra, Eva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 39.345). 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: “jalādhivāsanādīni pūrvoktenaiva kārayet
  • jalādhivāsa -
  • jalādhivāsa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jalādhivāsa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nādīni -
  • nādi (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    nādin (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    nādī (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • pūrvoktenai -
  • pūrvokta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    pūrvokta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • kārayet -
  • kṛ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “ godānaṃ bhūmidānaṃ ca hiraṇyaṃ vastrameva ca
  • Cannot analyse *godānam*bh
  • bhūmidānam -
  • bhūmidāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hiraṇyam -
  • hiraṇya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    hiraṇya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    hiraṇyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • vastram -
  • vastra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vastrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
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