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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 10.22
द्वादशाङ्गुलमानं हि तालमित्यभिधीयते ।
तालद्वयं भवेद्धस्तमिति मानविदो विदुः ॥ 22 ॥
dvādaśāṅgulamānaṃ hi tālamityabhidhīyate |
tāladvayaṃ bhaveddhastamiti mānavido viduḥ || 22 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 10.22 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 (10.22). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Dvadashangula, Ana, Tala, Iti, Itya, Abhi, Hasta, Manavi, Vidu, Vidus,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 10.22). 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: “dvādaśāṅgulamānaṃ hi tālamityabhidhīyate ”
- dvādaśāṅgulam -
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dvādaśāṅgula (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dvādaśāṅgula (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]dvādaśāṅgulā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ānam -
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āna (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]√an (verb class 2)[imperfect active first single]
- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- tālam -
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tāla (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]tāla (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tālā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- itya -
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iti (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]iti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]itya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]itya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√i -> itya (absolutive)[absolutive from √i]√i -> itya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]√i -> itya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
- abhi -
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abhi (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]abhi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]abhi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]abhi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]abhī (noun, masculine)[adverb]abhī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]abhī (noun, feminine)[adverb]abhi (Preverb)[Preverb]
- dhīyate -
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√dhā (verb class 1)[present passive third single]√dhā (verb class 2)[present passive third single]√dhā (verb class 3)[present passive third single]√dhā (verb class 4)[present passive third single]√dhe (verb class 1)[present passive third single]√dhi (verb class 5)[present passive third single]√dhi (verb class 6)[present passive third single]√dhī (verb class 4)[present middle third single], [present passive third single]√dhī (verb class 3)[present passive third single]√dhyā (verb class 1)[present passive third single]√dhyā (verb class 2)[present passive third single]
- Line 2: “ tāladvayaṃ bhaveddhastamiti mānavido viduḥ ”
- Cannot analyse *tāladvayam*bh
- bhaveddh -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- hastam -
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hasta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]hasta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]hastā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- iti -
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iti (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]iti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- mānavi -
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mānavī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- do* -
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da (noun, masculine)[nominative single]dā (noun, masculine)[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
- viduḥ -
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vidus (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]vidus (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]vidu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]vidu (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vid (verb class 2)[perfect active third plural]