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 1.3

यस्यां भूमौ प्रदृश्यन्ते तां भूमिं वर्जयेत् सदा ।
आरम्भे श्वश्रृगालैश्च संकीर्णा बन्धुनाशिनी ॥ 3 ॥

yasyāṃ bhūmau pradṛśyante tāṃ bhūmiṃ varjayet sadā |
ārambhe śvaśrṛgālaiśca saṃkīrṇā bandhunāśinī || 3 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 1.3 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 (1.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yasya, Bhuma, Bhumi, Pra, Sada, Sad, Shrrigala, Sankirna, Bandhu, Ashin, Ashini,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 1.3). 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: “yasyāṃ bhūmau pradṛśyante tāṃ bhūmiṃ varjayet sadā
  • yasyām -
  • yasyā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • bhūmau -
  • bhūma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    bhūmi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    bhūmi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • pra -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • dṛśyante -
  • dṛś (verb class 1)
    [present passive third plural]
  • tām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • bhūmim -
  • bhūmi (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    bhūmi (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • va -
  • u (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ū (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    ū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    au (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    au (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • arjayet -
  • ṛj (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • sadā -
  • sadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sad (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ ārambhe śvaśrṛgālaiśca saṃkīrṇā bandhunāśinī
  • Cannot analyse *ārambhe*śv
  • śva -
  • śvan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • śrṛgālaiś -
  • śrṛgāla (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    śrṛgāla (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • saṅkīrṇā* -
  • saṅkīrṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    saṅkīrṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bandhunā -
  • bandhu (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    bandhū (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • aśinī -
  • aśinī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    aśin (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
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