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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 4.4
वेङ्कटो दर्दरश्चैव श्रीगिरिश्चित्रकूटकः ।
एवंभूतान् समन्वीक्ष्य पुरतः प्रणमेत् सदा ॥ 4 ॥
veṅkaṭo dardaraścaiva śrīgiriścitrakūṭakaḥ |
evaṃbhūtān samanvīkṣya purataḥ praṇamet sadā || 4 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 4.4 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 (4.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Venkata, Dardara, Shrigiri, Citrakuta, Kah, Samat, Vikshya, Puratah, Purat, Sada, Sad,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 4.4). 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: “veṅkaṭo dardaraścaiva śrīgiriścitrakūṭakaḥ ”
- veṅkaṭo* -
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veṅkaṭa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- dardaraś -
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dardara (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- cai -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]cā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- aiva -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active first dual]
- śrīgiriś -
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śrīgiri (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- citrakūṭa -
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citrakūṭa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]citrakūṭa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kaḥ -
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kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]ka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “ evaṃbhūtān samanvīkṣya purataḥ praṇamet sadā ”
- Cannot analyse *evambhūtān*sa
- saman -
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√sam -> samat (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √sam class 1 verb], [vocative single from √sam class 1 verb]
- vīkṣya -
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vīkṣya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vīkṣya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- purataḥ -
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purataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]√pur -> purat (participle, masculine)[accusative plural from √pur class 6 verb], [ablative single from √pur class 6 verb], [genitive single from √pur class 6 verb]√pur -> purat (participle, neuter)[ablative single from √pur class 6 verb], [genitive single from √pur class 6 verb]√pur (verb class 6)[present active third dual]
- Cannot analyse praṇamet*sa
- sadā -
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sadā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sad (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]sad (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]sadā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]