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 31.10

नारदः ।
आवाहनं नाम मन्त्रेण लक्ष्मी ।
धरस्याभिमुखस्य क्रियासङ्गस्य ।
मन्त्रात्मनो मन्त्रकर्तुः प्रतीते ।
ष्वनेनैव संस्थापनादि प्रियास्य ॥ 10 ॥

nāradaḥ |
āvāhanaṃ nāma mantreṇa lakṣmī |
dharasyābhimukhasya kriyāsaṅgasya |
mantrātmano mantrakartuḥ pratīte |
ṣvanenaiva saṃsthāpanādi priyāsya || 10 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 31.10 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 (31.10). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Narada, Naman, Mantra, Lakshmi, Kriya, Asanga, Akartri, Pratita, Pratiti, Samsthapana, Priyasya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 31.10). 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: “nāradaḥ
  • nāradaḥ -
  • nārada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ āvāhanaṃ nāma mantreṇa lakṣmī
  • Cannot analyse *āvāhanam*nā
  • nāma -
  • nāman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • mantreṇa -
  • mantra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • lakṣmī -
  • lakṣmī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • Line 3: “ dharasyābhimukhasya kriyāsaṅgasya
  • Cannot analyse *dharasyābhimukhasya*kr
  • kriyā -
  • kriya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kriyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    kṛ (verb class 6)
    [imperative active second single]
  • asaṅgasya -
  • asaṅga (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    asaṅga (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • Line 4: “ mantrātmano mantrakartuḥ pratīte
  • Cannot analyse *mantrātmano*ma
  • mantra -
  • mantṛ (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    mantra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • akartuḥ -
  • akartṛ (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • pratīte -
  • pratīta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    pratīta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    pratītā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    pratīti (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • Line 5: “ ṣvanenaiva saṃsthāpanādi priyāsya
  • Cannot analyse *ṣvanenaiva*sa
  • saṃsthāpanā -
  • saṃsthāpana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saṃsthāpanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • adi -
  • ad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ad (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • priyāsya -
  • priyāsya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    priyāsya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
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