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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 12.1
द्वादशोऽध्यायः ।
विष्वक्सेनः ।
श्रृणु देवमुनिश्रेष्ठ मन्त्रानुक्रमणं परम् ।
सोद्धारणं ऋषिश्छन्दो दैवं वर्णादिमेव च ॥ 1 ॥
dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ |
viṣvaksenaḥ |
śrṛṇu devamuniśreṣṭha mantrānukramaṇaṃ param |
soddhāraṇaṃ ṛṣiśchando daivaṃ varṇādimeva ca || 1 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 12.1 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 (12.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Dvadasha, Adhyaya, Vishvaksena, Shreshtha, Mantra, Uksh, Ramana, Param, Para, Rishi, Chanda, Chandas, Daiva, Varna, Iyam, Idam,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 12.1). 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: “dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ ”
- dvādaśo' -
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dvādaśa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- adhyāyaḥ -
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adhyāya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√dhyā (verb class 1)[imperfect active second single]
- Line 2: “viṣvaksenaḥ ”
- viṣvaksenaḥ -
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viṣvaksena (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 3: “ śrṛṇu devamuniśreṣṭha mantrānukramaṇaṃ param ”
- Cannot analyse *śrṛṇu*de
- devamuni -
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devamuni (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- śreṣṭha -
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śreṣṭha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]śreṣṭha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- mantrān -
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mantra (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- uk -
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ukṣ (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]ukṣ (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- ramaṇam -
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ramaṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ramaṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]ramaṇā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- param -
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param (indeclinable)[indeclinable]para (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]para (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- Line 4: “ soddhāraṇaṃ ṛṣiśchando daivaṃ varṇādimeva ca ”
- Cannot analyse *soddhāraṇam*ṛṣ
- ṛṣiś -
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ṛṣi (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- chando* -
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chandas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]chanda (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- daivam -
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daiva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]daiva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- varṇād -
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varṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]varṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- ime -
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iyam (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]idam (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]idam (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]idam (pronoun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- va -
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va (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]va (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]