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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 10.66
द्व्यङ्गुलं तु घनं चैव चतुरङ्गुलमायतम् ।
चतुरश्रं तु वा वृत्तं मेखलात्रयसंवृ तम् ॥ 66 ॥
dvyaṅgulaṃ tu ghanaṃ caiva caturaṅgulamāyatam |
caturaśraṃ tu vā vṛttaṃ mekhalātrayasaṃvṛ tam || 66 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 10.66 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 (10.66). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Dvyangula, Ghanam, Ghana, Caturangula, Ayatam, Ayata, Var, Vritta, Mekhala, Raya,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 10.66). 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: “dvyaṅgulaṃ tu ghanaṃ caiva caturaṅgulamāyatam ”
- dvyaṅgulam -
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dvyaṅgula (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dvyaṅgula (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]dvyaṅgulā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- ghanam -
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ghanam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ghana (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ghana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]ghanā (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]
- caturaṅgulam -
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caturaṅgula (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]caturaṅgula (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- āyatam -
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āyatam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]āyat (noun, neuter)[adverb]āyata (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]āyata (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]āyatā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “ caturaśraṃ tu vā vṛttaṃ mekhalātrayasaṃvṛ tam ”
- Cannot analyse *caturaśram*tu
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- vā* -
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vār (noun, masculine)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]vār (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]va (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- vṛttam -
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vṛtta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vṛtta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]vṛttā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√vṛt -> vṛtta (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √vṛt class 1 verb]√vṛt -> vṛtta (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √vṛt class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vṛt class 1 verb]
- mekhalāt -
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mekhala (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]mekhala (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- raya -
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raya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]√ram -> raya (absolutive)[absolutive from √ram]√ray (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- saṃ -
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sa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- vṛ -
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- tam -
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ta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tā (noun, feminine)[adverb]tan (noun, masculine)[adverb]sa (noun, masculine)[accusative single]