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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 12.17
मन्त्राद्यामुद्धरेद्विद्वान् गुह्यं गुह्यार्थसाधकम् ।
आद्यन्तं प्रणवं कृत्वा नमः शब्दमनन्तरम् ॥ 17 ॥
mantrādyāmuddharedvidvān guhyaṃ guhyārthasādhakam |
ādyantaṃ praṇavaṃ kṛtvā namaḥ śabdamanantaram || 17 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 12.17 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 (12.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Mantra, Vidvas, Guhyam, Guhya, Guhi, Arthasadhaka, Pranava, Kritva, Kritvan, Nama, Namas, Shabda, Anantaram, Anantara,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 12.17). 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: “mantrādyāmuddharedvidvān guhyaṃ guhyārthasādhakam ”
- mantrād -
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mantra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]
- yām -
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yā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]yā (pronoun, feminine)[accusative single]
- ud -
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ud (Preverb)[Preverb]
- dhared -
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√dhṛ (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- vidvān -
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vidvas (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√vid -> vidvas (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √vid class 2 verb]
- guhyam -
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guhyam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]guhya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]guhya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]guhyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√guh -> guhya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √guh class 1 verb]√guh -> guhya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √guh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √guh class 1 verb]guhī (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- guhyā -
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guhya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]guhya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√guh -> guhya (absolutive)[absolutive from √guh]guhyā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√guh -> guhya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √guh class 1 verb]√guh -> guhya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √guh class 1 verb]√guh -> guhyā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √guh class 1 verb]guhī (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]guhī (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- arthasādhakam -
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arthasādhaka (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]arthasādhaka (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- Line 2: “ ādyantaṃ praṇavaṃ kṛtvā namaḥ śabdamanantaram ”
- Cannot analyse *ādyantam*pr
- praṇavam -
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praṇava (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]praṇavā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- kṛtvā -
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kṛtvā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]kṛtvan (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- namaḥ -
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namas (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]namas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]nama (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- śabdam -
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śabda (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- anantaram -
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anantaram (indeclinable)[indeclinable]anantara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]anantara (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]anantarā (noun, feminine)[adverb]