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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 5.27
अष्टाक्षरं महामन्त्रं ज्ञात्वा मन्त्रविचक्षणः ।
न्यासं कृत्वा स्वदेहे तु पश्चाद्देवे न्यसेत् क्रमात् ॥ 27 ॥
aṣṭākṣaraṃ mahāmantraṃ jñātvā mantravicakṣaṇaḥ |
nyāsaṃ kṛtvā svadehe tu paścāddeve nyaset kramāt || 27 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 5.27 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 (5.27). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Ashtakshara, Mahamantra, Mantra, Avicakshana, Kritva, Kritvan, Svadeha, Pashcat, Pashca, Deva, Kramat, Krama,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 5.27). 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: “aṣṭākṣaraṃ mahāmantraṃ jñātvā mantravicakṣaṇaḥ ”
- aṣṭākṣaram -
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aṣṭākṣara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]aṣṭākṣara (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]aṣṭākṣarā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- mahāmantram -
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mahāmantra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- jñātvā -
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√jñā -> jñātvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √jñā]√jñā -> jñātvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √jñā]
- mantra -
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mantṛ (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]mantra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- avicakṣaṇaḥ -
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avicakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “ nyāsaṃ kṛtvā svadehe tu paścāddeve nyaset kramāt ”
- Cannot analyse *nyāsam*kṛ
- kṛtvā -
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kṛtvā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]kṛtvan (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- svadehe -
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svadeha (noun, masculine)[locative single]svadeha (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- paścād -
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paścāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]paśca (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]paśca (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- deve -
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deva (noun, masculine)[locative single]deva (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]devā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√div (verb class 1)[present middle first single]
- Cannot analyse nyaset*kr
- kramāt -
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kramāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]krama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]