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 19.4

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पूजारम्भेऽञ्जलिं कृत्वा नमस्कृत्य यथाविधि ।
उत्ताने वामहस्ताग्रे तिर्यग्दक्षिणमञ्जसा ॥ 4 ॥

pūjārambhe'ñjaliṃ kṛtvā namaskṛtya yathāvidhi |
uttāne vāmahastāgre tiryagdakṣiṇamañjasā || 4 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 19.4 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 (19.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Puja, Anjali, Kritva, Kritvan, Namaskritya, Yathavidhi, Vamahasta, Agre, Agra, Agri, Tiryak, Dakshina, Anjasa, Anjas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 19.4). 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: “pūjārambhe'ñjaliṃ kṛtvā namaskṛtya yathāvidhi ”
pūjā -
pūja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pūja (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pūjā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√pūj (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
arambhe' -
√rambh (verb class 1)

[imperfect middle first single]
añjalim -
añjali (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
kṛtvā -
kṛtvā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

kṛtvan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
namaskṛtya -
namaskṛtya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

namaskṛtya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yathāvidhi -
yathāvidhi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 2: “ uttāne vāmahastāgre tiryagdakṣiṇamañjasā ”
Cannot analyse *uttāne*vā
vāmahastā -
vāmahasta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
agre -
agre (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

agra (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

agra (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

agrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

agri (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
tiryag -
tiryak (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
dakṣiṇam -
dakṣiṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dakṣiṇa (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
añjasā -
añjasā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

añjas (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

añjasā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021