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 34.25

पादप्रभृति सिंहान्तं चतुरश्रं सुविस्तरम् ।
यत्कूटशालारहितं पर्वतो निषधः स्मृतः ॥ 25 ॥

pādaprabhṛti siṃhāntaṃ caturaśraṃ suvistaram |
yatkūṭaśālārahitaṃ parvato niṣadhaḥ smṛtaḥ || 25 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 34.25 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 (34.25). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pada, Simha, Caturashra, Suvistara, Parvata, Parvat, Nishadha, Smrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 34.25). 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: “pādaprabhṛti siṃhāntaṃ caturaśraṃ suvistaram
  • pāda -
  • pāda (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prabhṛti -
  • prabhṛti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • siṃhān -
  • siṃha (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]
  • caturaśram -
  • caturaśra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    caturaśra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    caturaśrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • suvistaram -
  • suvistara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    suvistara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    suvistarā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “ yatkūṭaśālārahitaṃ parvato niṣadhaḥ smṛtaḥ
  • Cannot analyse *yatkūṭaśālārahitam*pa
  • parvato* -
  • parvata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    parv -> parvat (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √parv class 1 verb], [ablative single from √parv class 1 verb], [genitive single from √parv class 1 verb]
    parv -> parvat (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √parv class 1 verb], [genitive single from √parv class 1 verb]
    parv (verb class 1)
    [present active third dual]
  • niṣadhaḥ -
  • niṣadha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • smṛtaḥ -
  • smṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
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