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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 8.3
पूर्वं तु परमात्मादिमूर्तीनां लक्षणं तथा ।
मन्त्राणां लक्षणं चैव छन्दांसि च ऋषींस्तथा ॥ 3 ॥
pūrvaṃ tu paramātmādimūrtīnāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ tathā |
mantrāṇāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ caiva chandāṃsi ca ṛṣīṃstathā || 3 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 8.3 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 (8.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Purvam, Purva, Paramatma, Paramatman, Adi, Adin, Murti, Lakshana, Tatha, Chandas, Chandamsi, Rishi,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “pūrvaṃ tu paramātmādimūrtīnāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ tathā ”
- pūrvam -
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pūrvam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]pūrva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]pūrva (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- paramātmā -
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paramātma (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]paramātman (noun, masculine)[compound], [nominative single]paramātmā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ādi -
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ādi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]ādi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ādi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]ādin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]ādin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- mūrtīnām -
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mūrti (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]mūrti (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]mūrtī (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]mūrtī (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]mūrtī (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]
- lakṣaṇam -
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lakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]lakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]lakṣaṇā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- tathā -
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tathā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tathā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “ mantrāṇāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ caiva chandāṃsi ca ṛṣīṃstathā ”
- Cannot analyse *mantrāṇām*la
- lakṣaṇam -
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lakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]lakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]lakṣaṇā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- 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]
- chandāṃsi -
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chandāṃsi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]chandāṃsi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]chandāṃsi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]chandas (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- ca* -
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ca (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ṛṣīṃs -
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ṛṣi (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- tathā -
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tathā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tathā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]