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 26.182

केसराग्रेषु संस्थाप्य दलान्तं भ्रामयेत्ततः ।
दलान्तरालमानं तु सन्धौ सूत्रं तु विन्यसेत् ॥ 182 ॥

kesarāgreṣu saṃsthāpya dalāntaṃ bhrāmayettataḥ |
dalāntarālamānaṃ tu sandhau sūtraṃ tu vinyaset || 182 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 26.182 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 (26.182). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kesara, Agra, Samsthapya, Dala, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Sandha, Sandhi, Sutra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 26.182). 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: “kesarāgreṣu saṃsthāpya dalāntaṃ bhrāmayettataḥ
  • kesarā -
  • kesara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kesara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kesarā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • agreṣu -
  • agra (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    agra (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • saṃsthāpya -
  • saṃsthāpya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    saṃsthāpya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saṃsthāpya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dalān -
  • dala (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]
  • bhrāmayet -
  • bhram (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • tataḥ -
  • 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]
  • Line 2: “ dalāntarālamānaṃ tu sandhau sūtraṃ tu vinyaset
  • Cannot analyse *dalāntarālamānam*tu
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • sandhau -
  • sandha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sandhi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    sandhi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • sūtram -
  • sūtra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • Cannot analyse vinyaset
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