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 27.118

तीर्थचूर्णं ततः स्नाप्य मूलमन्त्रेण साधकः ।
स्नपनान्ते तु संस्थाप्य रजनीचूर्णमुत्तमम् ॥ 118 ॥

tīrthacūrṇaṃ tataḥ snāpya mūlamantreṇa sādhakaḥ |
snapanānte tu saṃsthāpya rajanīcūrṇamuttamam || 118 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 27.118 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 (27.118). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tirtha, Curna, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Sna, Apya, Mulamantra, Sadhaka, Samsthapya, Rajanicurna, Uttamam, Uttama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 27.118). 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: “tīrthacūrṇaṃ tataḥ snāpya mūlamantreṇa sādhakaḥ
  • tīrtha -
  • tīrtha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • cūrṇam -
  • cūrṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    cūrṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    cūrṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • 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]
  • snā -
  • snā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • apya -
  • apya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mūlamantreṇa -
  • mūlamantra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • sādhakaḥ -
  • sādhaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ snapanānte tu saṃsthāpya rajanīcūrṇamuttamam
  • Cannot analyse *snapanānte*tu
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • saṃsthāpya -
  • saṃsthāpya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    saṃsthāpya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saṃsthāpya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rajanīcūrṇam -
  • rajanīcūrṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    rajanīcūrṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • uttamam -
  • uttamam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    uttama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    uttama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    uttamā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
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