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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 2.93
तोरणाभ्यन्तरे स्थाप्य यथाष्टौ च यथादिशि ।
रक्ते पताके पूर्वस्यां दक्षिणस्यां तु पीतके ॥ 93 ॥
toraṇābhyantare sthāpya yathāṣṭau ca yathādiśi |
rakte patāke pūrvasyāṃ dakṣiṇasyāṃ tu pītake || 93 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 2.93 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 (2.93). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Torana, Abhyantara, Sthapya, Yatha, Ashta, Ashti, Adish, Pataka, Purva, Dakshina, Pitaka,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 2.93). 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: “toraṇābhyantare sthāpya yathāṣṭau ca yathādiśi ”
- toraṇā -
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toraṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]toraṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]toraṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- abhyantare -
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abhyantara (noun, masculine)[locative single]abhyantara (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]abhyantarā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- sthāpya -
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sthāpya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sthāpya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√sthā -> sthāpya (participle, masculine)[compound from √sthā]√sthā -> sthāpya (participle, neuter)[compound from √sthā]√sthā -> sthāpya (absolutive)[absolutive from √sthā]√sthā -> sthāpya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √sthā]√sthā -> sthāpya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √sthā]
- yathā -
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yathā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]yathā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- aṣṭau -
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aṣṭa (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]aṣṭi (noun, feminine)[locative single]√aś -> aṣṭa (participle, masculine)[nominative dual from √aś class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √aś class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √aś class 5 verb]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- yathā -
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yathā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]yathā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- ādiśi -
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ādiś (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- Line 2: “ rakte patāke pūrvasyāṃ dakṣiṇasyāṃ tu pītake ”
- Cannot analyse *rakte*pa
- patāke -
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patāka (noun, masculine)[locative single]patākā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- pūrvasyām -
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pūrvā (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- dakṣiṇasyām -
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dakṣiṇā (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- pītake -
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pītaka (noun, masculine)[locative single]pītaka (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]