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 11.298

नारायणांशकत्वाच्च प्रोक्तस्तत्र खगेश्वरः ।
गणानां तु त्र्यृचा तत्र विघ्नेशं योऽर्चयेद् द्विजः ॥ 298 ॥

nārāyaṇāṃśakatvācca proktastatra khageśvaraḥ |
gaṇānāṃ tu tryṛcā tatra vighneśaṃ yo'rcayed dvijaḥ || 298 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 11.298 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 (11.298). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Narayana, Amshaka, Tva, Prokta, Tatra, Khageshvara, Vighnesha, Yah, Dvija,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 11.298). 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: “nārāyaṇāṃśakatvācca proktastatra khageśvaraḥ
  • nārāyaṇā -
  • nārāyaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nārāyaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • aṃśaka -
  • aṃśaka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    aṃśaka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tvāc -
  • tva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • proktas -
  • prokta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • khageśvaraḥ -
  • khageśvara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ gaṇānāṃ tu tryṛcā tatra vighneśaṃ yo'rcayed dvijaḥ
  • Cannot analyse *gaṇānām*tu
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • tryṛcā -
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • vighneśam -
  • vighneśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • yo' -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    yu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • arcayed -
  • ṛc (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
    ṛc (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • dvijaḥ -
  • dvija (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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