Svacchanda-tantra [sanskrit]

30,869 words | ISBN-10: 8172700989 | ISBN-13: 9788172700980

The Sanskrit edition of the Svacchanda-tantra, a large work in the form of a manaul describing Kashmir Shaiva rituals. The extant Svacchandatantra contains over 3,000 shlokas (metrical verses) and highlights the worship of Svacchanda Bhairava (a fierce form of Shiva) and his consort Aghoreshvari. The text can be dated to at least the 7th century. Alternative titles: Svacchandatantra (स्वच्छन्दतन्त्र), Śrīsvacchandatantram (श्रीस्वच्छन्दतन्त्रम्, Shrisvacchandatantram)

Verse 11.168

गन्धर्वयक्षमनुजा दैत्याश्चैव तु राजसाः ।
यातुधानाः पिशाचाश्च तामसाः परिकीर्तिताः ॥ १६८ ॥

gandharvayakṣamanujā daityāścaiva tu rājasāḥ |
yātudhānāḥ piśācāśca tāmasāḥ parikīrtitāḥ || 168 ||

The Sanskrit text of Svacchanda-tantra Verse 11.168 is contained in the book Sri Svacchandatantram (Set of 5 Volumes) by Dr. Paramahansa Mishra (डॉ. परमहंस मिश्र). This book is not available online so in order to read the full text and translation you should buy the book:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (11.168). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Gandharva, Yaksha, Anuja, Daitya, Rajasa, Yatudhana, Pishaca, Tamasa, Parikirtita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Svacchanda-tantra Verse 11.168). 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: “gandharvayakṣamanujā daityāścaiva tu rājasāḥ
  • gandharva -
  • gandharva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yakṣam -
  • yakṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    yakṣa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    yakṣā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • anujā* -
  • anuja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    anujā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • daityāś -
  • daitya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    daityā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • rājasāḥ -
  • rājasa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    rājasā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “yātudhānāḥ piśācāśca tāmasāḥ parikīrtitāḥ
  • yātudhānāḥ -
  • yātudhāna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • piśācāś -
  • piśāca (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    piśācā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tāmasāḥ -
  • tāmasa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • parikīrtitāḥ -
  • parikīrtita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    parikīrtitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Svacchanda-tantra Verse 11.168

Cover of edition (2004)

Svacchandatantram (Two Volumes)
by Prof.Radheyshyam Chaturvedi (2004)

With the Commentary Svacchandodyota by Acarya Sri Ksemaraja and Jnanavati; [Sanskrit Text With Hindi Translation]; [स्व्छ्न्द्तन्त्रम]; [Chaukhambha Vidya Bhawan]

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