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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 1.11
उत्तमा यत्र वै पांसुः समो ह्यर्धफलप्रदा ।
मध्या पांसुर्यत्र नृन सारिष्टा फलदाधमा ॥ 11 ॥
uttamā yatra vai pāṃsuḥ samo hyardhaphalapradā |
madhyā pāṃsuryatra nṛna sāriṣṭā phaladādhamā || 11 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 1.11 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:
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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 (1.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Uttama, Yatra, Pamsu, Sama, Ardha, Phalaprada, Sarishta, Phalada, Adhama,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 1.11). 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: “uttamā yatra vai pāṃsuḥ samo hyardhaphalapradā ”
- uttamā* -
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uttama (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]uttamā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- yatra -
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yatra (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yatra (indeclinable)[indeclinable]yatra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]yatra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vai -
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√vā (verb class 1)[present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
- pāṃsuḥ -
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pāṃsu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- samo* -
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sama (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- hya -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- ardha -
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ardha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ardha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- phalapradā -
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phalapradā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “ madhyā pāṃsuryatra nṛna sāriṣṭā phaladādhamā ”
- Cannot analyse *madhyā*pā
- pāṃsur -
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pāṃsu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- yatra -
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yatra (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yatra (indeclinable)[indeclinable]yatra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]yatra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- nṛ -
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nṛ (noun, masculine)[compound]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- sāriṣṭā -
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sāriṣṭā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- phaladā -
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phalada (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]phalada (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]phaladā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- adhamā -
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adhamā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]