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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 8.19
वाराहं नारसिंहं च श्रीधरं हयशीर्षकम् ।
जामदग्न्यं च रामं च वामनं वासुदेवकम् ॥ 19 ॥
vārāhaṃ nārasiṃhaṃ ca śrīdharaṃ hayaśīrṣakam |
jāmadagnyaṃ ca rāmaṃ ca vāmanaṃ vāsudevakam || 19 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 8.19 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 (8.19). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Varaha, Narasimha, Shridhara, Hayashirsha, Hayashirshan, Kah, Rama, Vamana, Vasudevaka,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 8.19). 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: “vārāhaṃ nārasiṃhaṃ ca śrīdharaṃ hayaśīrṣakam ”
- vārāham -
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vārāha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vārāha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- nārasiṃham -
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nārasiṃha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]nārasiṃha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- śrīdharam -
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śrīdhara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śrīdhara (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śrīdharā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- hayaśīrṣa -
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hayaśīrṣa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]hayaśīrṣa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]hayaśīrṣan (noun, masculine)[compound]hayaśīrṣan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- kam -
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ka (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]ka (noun, masculine)[accusative single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[accusative single]
- Line 2: “ jāmadagnyaṃ ca rāmaṃ ca vāmanaṃ vāsudevakam ”
- Cannot analyse *jāmadagnyam*ca
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- rāmam -
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rāma (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]rāma (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]rāmā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vāmanam -
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vāmana (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vāmana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]vāmanā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- vāsudevakam -
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vāsudevaka (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]