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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 5.52
शयनं कल्पयित्वा तु शाययेच्छूलसंचयम् ।
तन्मध्ये देवशूलं तु देवीशूलं तु पार्श्वयोः ॥ 52 ॥
śayanaṃ kalpayitvā tu śāyayecchūlasaṃcayam |
tanmadhye devaśūlaṃ tu devīśūlaṃ tu pārśvayoḥ || 52 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 5.52 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 (5.52). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Shayana, Kalpayitva, Shula, Sancaya, Deva, Devi, Devin, Parshva,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 5.52). 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: “śayanaṃ kalpayitvā tu śāyayecchūlasaṃcayam ”
- śayanam -
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śayana (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śayana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śayanā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- kalpayitvā -
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√kḷp -> kalpayitvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kḷp]kalpayitvā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- śāyayecch -
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√śī (verb class 0)[optative active third single]√śī (verb class 0)[optative active third single]
- śūla -
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śūla (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]śūla (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√śūl (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- sañcayam -
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sañcaya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- Line 2: “ tanmadhye devaśūlaṃ tu devīśūlaṃ tu pārśvayoḥ ”
- Cannot analyse *tanmadhye*de
- deva -
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deva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]deva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]devan (noun, masculine)[compound]√div (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- śūlam -
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śūla (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śūla (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śūlā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- devī -
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devī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]devin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- śūlam -
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śūla (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śūla (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śūlā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- pārśvayoḥ -
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pārśva (noun, masculine)[genitive dual], [locative dual]pārśva (noun, neuter)[genitive dual], [locative dual]pārśvā (noun, feminine)[genitive dual], [locative dual]