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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 11.48
वामदोष्णा समालिङ्ग्य प्रोद्धृत्यालिङ्ग्य सुस्थिताम् ।
वामेन बाहुनाश्लिष्य जिघ्रन् देवीमुखं प्रभुः ॥ 48 ॥
vāmadoṣṇā samāliṅgya proddhṛtyāliṅgya susthitām |
vāmena bāhunāśliṣya jighran devīmukhaṃ prabhuḥ || 48 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 11.48 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 (11.48). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Vamadoshan, Sama, Pra, Uddhritya, Uddhriti, Susthita, Bahu, Devimukha, Prabhu,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 11.48). 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: “vāmadoṣṇā samāliṅgya proddhṛtyāliṅgya susthitām ”
- vāmadoṣṇā -
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vāmadoṣan (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]vāmadoṣan (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- samā -
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sama (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sama (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]samā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√sam (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- aliṅgya -
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- pro -
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pra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]prā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- uddhṛtyā -
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uddhṛtya (indeclinable)[indeclinable]uddhṛti (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- aliṅgya -
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- susthitām -
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susthitā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- Line 2: “ vāmena bāhunāśliṣya jighran devīmukhaṃ prabhuḥ ”
- Cannot analyse *vāmena*bā
- bāhunā -
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bāhu (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- śliṣya -
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√śliṣ -> śliṣya (absolutive)[absolutive from √śliṣ]√śliṣ -> śliṣya (absolutive)[absolutive from √śliṣ]√śliṣ (verb class 4)[imperative active second single]
- jighran -
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- devīmukham -
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devīmukha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]devīmukha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- prabhuḥ -
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prabhu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]prabhu (noun, feminine)[nominative single]