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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 11.312
अवतारेऽथ वा कुर्यादर्चनाबेरमत्र वै ।
अत्र कश्चिद्विशेषोऽस्ति मत्स्यादीनां तु नारद ॥ 312 ॥
avatāre'tha vā kuryādarcanāberamatra vai |
atra kaścidviśeṣo'sti matsyādīnāṃ tu nārada || 312 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 11.312 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 (11.312). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Avatara, Atha, Kuryada, Rica, Nabh, Atra, Kah, Cit, Vishesha, Asti, Matsyad, Ina, Narada,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 11.312). 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: “avatāre'tha vā kuryādarcanāberamatra vai ”
- avatāre' -
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avatāra (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- atha -
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atha (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- vā -
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vā (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- kuryādar -
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kuryāda (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]kuryāda (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ṛca -
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ṛca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]√ṛc (verb class 6)[imperative active second single]
- nāb -
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nābh (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
- eram -
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erā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- atra -
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atra (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]atra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]atra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vai -
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√vā (verb class 1)[present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
- Line 2: “ atra kaścidviśeṣo'sti matsyādīnāṃ tu nārada ”
- Cannot analyse *atra*ka
- kaś -
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kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]ka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- cid -
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cit (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]cit (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]cit (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- viśeṣo' -
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viśeṣa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- asti -
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asti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]astī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]astī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]astī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√as (verb class 2)[present active third single]
- matsyādī -
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matsyād (noun, masculine)[locative single]matsyād (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- inām -
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inā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- nārada -
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nārada (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]nārada (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]