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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 10.56
अत ऊर्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि स्वार्थार्चायास्तु लक्षणम् ।
लोहजा मणिजा वापि राजता ताम्रनिर्मिता ॥ 56 ॥
ata ūrdhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi svārthārcāyāstu lakṣaṇam |
lohajā maṇijā vāpi rājatā tāmranirmitā || 56 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 10.56 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 (10.56). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Atah, Urdhvam, Urdhva, Prava, Kshi, Amin, Svartha, Arca, Lakshana, Mani, Vapi, Vapin, Rajata, Rajat, Tamra, Nirmita,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 10.56). 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: “ata ūrdhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi svārthārcāyāstu lakṣaṇam ”
- ata* -
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ataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- ūrdhvam -
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ūrdhvam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ūrdhva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ūrdhva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]ūrdhvā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- prava -
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prava (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]prava (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kṣyā -
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kṣi (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- ami -
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amin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]amin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- svārthā -
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svārtha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]svārtha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]svārthā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- arcāyās -
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arcā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- lakṣaṇam -
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lakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]lakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]lakṣaṇā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “ lohajā maṇijā vāpi rājatā tāmranirmitā ”
- Cannot analyse *lohajā*ma
- maṇi -
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maṇi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]maṇī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]maṇī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]maṇī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- jā* -
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ja (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]jā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- vāpi -
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vāpi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]vāpī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]vāpin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]vāpin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- rājatā -
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rājatā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√rāj -> rājat (participle, masculine)[instrumental single from √rāj class 1 verb]√rāj -> rājat (participle, neuter)[instrumental single from √rāj class 1 verb]
- tāmra -
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tāmra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tāmra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- nirmitā -
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nirmitā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]