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 3.20

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शिलाग्रहणदेशेऽपि गोमयेनानुलेपयेत् ।
पूर्ववत् समलंकृत्य छादयेन्नववस्त्रकैः ॥ 20 ॥

śilāgrahaṇadeśe'pi gomayenānulepayet |
pūrvavat samalaṃkṛtya chādayennavavastrakaiḥ || 20 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 3.20 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 (3.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shila, Agrahana, Desha, Api, Gomaya, Anula, Navavastra, Kah, Kim,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 3.20). 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: “śilāgrahaṇadeśe'pi gomayenānulepayet ”
śilā -
śila (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śilā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√śil (verb class 6)

[imperative active second single]
agrahaṇa -
agrahaṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

agrahaṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
deśe' -
deśa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

deśā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
gomayenā -
gomaya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

gomaya (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
anule -
anulā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
payet -
√pay (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]

√pi (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]

√pī (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
Line 2: “ pūrvavat samalaṃkṛtya chādayennavavastrakaiḥ ”
Cannot analyse *pūrvavat*sa
sam -
sa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
alaṅkṛtya -
chādayen -
√chad (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]
navavastra -
navavastra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kaiḥ -
ka (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

ka (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021