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 11.132

यजमानेच्छया तस्मिन् कारयेत् स्वस्वलीलया ।
युक्त्या युक्तिविशेषेण प्रतिमां कारयेत् क्रमात् ॥ 132 ॥

yajamānecchayā tasmin kārayet svasvalīlayā |
yuktyā yuktiviśeṣeṇa pratimāṃ kārayet kramāt || 132 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 11.132 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 (11.132). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yajamana, Icchaya, Iccha, Tad, Svasu, Svan, Ali, Alin, Ila, Vishesha, Pratima, Kramat, Krama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 11.132). 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: “yajamānecchayā tasmin kārayet svasvalīlayā
  • yajamāne -
  • yajamāna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    yajamāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    yajamānā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaj -> yajamāna (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √yaj class 1 verb], [locative single from √yaj class 1 verb]
    yaj -> yajamāna (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √yaj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √yaj class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √yaj class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √yaj class 1 verb], [locative single from √yaj class 1 verb]
    yaj -> yajamānā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √yaj class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √yaj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √yaj class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √yaj class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √yaj class 1 verb]
  • icchayā -
  • icchayā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    icchā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • tasmin -
  • tad (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • kārayet -
  • kṛ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • svasva -
  • svasū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    svan (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    svan (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • alī -
  • ali (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    alin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
  • ilayā -
  • ilā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • Line 2: “ yuktyā yuktiviśeṣeṇa pratimāṃ kārayet kramāt
  • Cannot analyse *yuktyā*yu
  • yukti -
  • yukti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • viśeṣeṇa -
  • viśeṣa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    viśeṣa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • pratimām -
  • pratimā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    pratimā (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single], [genitive plural]
  • kārayet -
  • kṛ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • kramāt -
  • kramāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    krama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
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