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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 2.77
शङ्खं चक्रं पताकं च श्रीवत्सं दर्पणं वृषम् ।
मत्स्ययुग्मं च कुम्भं च मङ्गलाष्टकमिष्यते ॥ 77 ॥
śaṅkhaṃ cakraṃ patākaṃ ca śrīvatsaṃ darpaṇaṃ vṛṣam |
matsyayugmaṃ ca kumbhaṃ ca maṅgalāṣṭakamiṣyate || 77 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 2.77 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 (2.77). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Shankha, Cakra, Pataka, Shrivatsa, Darpana, Vrisha, Kumbha, Mangalashtaka, Ishyat,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 2.77). 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: “śaṅkhaṃ cakraṃ patākaṃ ca śrīvatsaṃ darpaṇaṃ vṛṣam ”
- śaṅkham -
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śaṅkha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śaṅkha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śaṅkhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- cakram -
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cakra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]cakra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]cakrā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- patākam -
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patāka (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]patākā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- śrīvatsam -
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śrīvatsa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śrīvatsā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- darpaṇam -
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darpaṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]darpaṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]darpaṇā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- vṛṣam -
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vṛṣa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vṛṣa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]vṛṣā (noun, feminine)[adverb]vṛṣan (noun, masculine)[adverb]vṛṣan (noun, neuter)[adverb]
- Line 2: “ matsyayugmaṃ ca kumbhaṃ ca maṅgalāṣṭakamiṣyate ”
- Cannot analyse *matsyayugmam*ca
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kumbham -
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kumbha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kumbha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]kumbhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- maṅgalāṣṭakam -
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maṅgalāṣṭaka (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- iṣyate -
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√iṣ -> iṣyat (participle, masculine)[dative single from √iṣ class 4 verb]√iṣ -> iṣyat (participle, neuter)[dative single from √iṣ class 4 verb]√iṣ (verb class 6)[present passive third single]√iṣ (verb class 1)[present passive third single]√iṣ (verb class 4)[present passive third single]√iṣ (verb class 0)[present passive third single]√iṣ (verb class 0)[present passive third single]