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 26.50

पूर्वे शङ्खं नियुञ्जीत आग्नेये चक्रमेव च ।
याम्ये तु विन्यसेत् केतुं श्रियं वै नैरृते तथा ॥ 50 ॥

pūrve śaṅkhaṃ niyuñjīta āgneye cakrameva ca |
yāmye tu vinyaset ketuṃ śriyaṃ vai nairṛte tathā || 50 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 26.50 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 (26.50). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Purva, Shankha, Agneya, Iva, Ketu, Shri, Shriya, Nairrita, Nairriti, Tatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 26.50). 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: “pūrve śaṅkhaṃ niyuñjīta āgneye cakrameva ca
  • pūrve -
  • pūrva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    pūrva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    pūrvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • śaṅkham -
  • śaṅkha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śaṅkha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śaṅkhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ni -
  • ni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ni (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    ni (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • yuñjīta -
  • yuj (verb class 7)
    [optative middle third single]
  • āgneye -
  • āgneya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    āgneya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    āgneyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • cakrame -
  • kram (verb class 1)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
    kram (verb class 4)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
  • iva -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “ yāmye tu vinyaset ketuṃ śriyaṃ vai nairṛte tathā
  • Cannot analyse *yāmye*tu
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • Cannot analyse vinyaset*ke
  • ketum -
  • ki -> ketum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √ki]
    ketu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • śriyam -
  • śriyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    śriya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śriya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śrī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    śrī (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • vai -
  • (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
  • nairṛte -
  • nairṛta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    nairṛta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    nairṛti (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
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