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 15.56

आसां काल्यां विवाहान्तं गर्भाधानादि कारयेत् ।
वैष्णवानलरूपे तु प्रणेवन हुनेद् घृतम् ॥ 56 ॥

āsāṃ kālyāṃ vivāhāntaṃ garbhādhānādi kārayet |
vaiṣṇavānalarūpe tu praṇevana huned ghṛtam || 56 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 15.56 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 (15.56). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iyam, Idam, Kali, Kalya, Vivaha, Garbhadhana, Prana, Ivat, Ghrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 15.56). 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: “āsāṃ kālyāṃ vivāhāntaṃ garbhādhānādi kārayet
  • āsām -
  • ās -> āsām (periphrastic_perfect)
    [periphrastic_perfect from √ās]
    iyam (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
    idam (pronoun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • kālyām -
  • kālī (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    kālyā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    kal -> kālyā (participle, feminine)
    [accusative single from √kal class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kal]
  • vivāhān -
  • vivāha (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • tam -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • garbhādhānā -
  • garbhādhāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • adi -
  • ad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ad (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • kārayet -
  • kṛ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “ vaiṣṇavānalarūpe tu praṇevana huned ghṛtam
  • Cannot analyse *vaiṣṇavānalarūpe*tu
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • praṇe -
  • praṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    praṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    praṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • īvan -
  • īvat (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse huned*gh
  • ghṛtam -
  • ghṛta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ghṛta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ghṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    ghṛ -> ghṛta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √ghṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √ghṛ class 3 verb], [accusative single from √ghṛ class 5 verb]
    ghṛ -> ghṛta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √ghṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √ghṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √ghṛ class 3 verb], [accusative single from √ghṛ class 3 verb], [nominative single from √ghṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √ghṛ class 5 verb]
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