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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 1.32
अष्टोत्तरसहस्रं वा अष्टोत्तरशतं तु वा ।
नारसिंहेन मन्त्रेण मध्यमे जुहुयात् सकृत् ॥ 32 ॥
aṣṭottarasahasraṃ vā aṣṭottaraśataṃ tu vā |
nārasiṃhena mantreṇa madhyame juhuyāt sakṛt || 32 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 1.32 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 (1.32). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Ashtottarasahasra, Var, Ashtottarashata, Mantra, Madhyama, Sakrit,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 1.32). 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: “aṣṭottarasahasraṃ vā aṣṭottaraśataṃ tu vā ”
- aṣṭottarasahasram -
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aṣṭottarasahasra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]aṣṭottarasahasra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- vā* -
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vār (noun, masculine)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]vār (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]va (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- aṣṭottaraśatam -
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aṣṭottaraśata (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]aṣṭottaraśata (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- vā -
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vā (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- Line 2: “ nārasiṃhena mantreṇa madhyame juhuyāt sakṛt ”
- Cannot analyse *nārasiṃhena*ma
- mantreṇa -
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mantra (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- madhyame -
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madhyama (noun, masculine)[locative single]madhyama (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]madhyamā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- juhuyāt -
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√hu (verb class 3)[optative active third single]
- sakṛt -
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sakṛt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sakṛt (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]sakṛt (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]sakṛt (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]