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 17.26

ततस्तु वेदिकामध्ये विन्यसेच्छालिसंचयम् ।
शालिमध्ये लिखेत् पद्ममष्टपत्रं सकर्णिकम् ॥ 26 ॥

tatastu vedikāmadhye vinyasecchālisaṃcayam |
śālimadhye likhet padmamaṣṭapatraṃ sakarṇikam || 26 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 17.26 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 (17.26). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Vedika, Adhi, Asi, Iccha, Sancaya, Padma, Ashtapatra, Saka, Rinika,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 17.26). 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: “tatastu vedikāmadhye vinyasecchālisaṃcayam
  • tatas -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • vedikām -
  • vedikā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • adhye -
  • adhī (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • vinya -
  • vi (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • ase -
  • asan (noun, neuter)
    [compound]
    asi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    asi (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • icchā -
  • icchā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    iṣ (verb class 6)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ali -
  • ali (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    alin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • sañcayam -
  • sañcaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “ śālimadhye likhet padmamaṣṭapatraṃ sakarṇikam
  • Cannot analyse *śālimadhye*li
  • likhet -
  • likh (verb class 6)
    [optative active third single]
  • padmam -
  • padma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    padma (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    padmā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • aṣṭapatram -
  • aṣṭapatra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    aṣṭapatra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • sakar -
  • saka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sakā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ṛṇikam -
  • ṛṇika (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
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