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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 14.1
चतुर्दशोऽध्यायः ।
विष्वक्सेनः ।
अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि चरुपाकविधिं परम् ।
श्रृणु नारद सर्वज्ञ व्रीहिक्षेत्रादिकान् क्रमात् ॥ 1 ॥
caturdaśo'dhyāyaḥ |
viṣvaksenaḥ |
ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi carupākavidhiṃ param |
śrṛṇu nārada sarvajña vrīhikṣetrādikān kramāt || 1 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 14.1 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 (14.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Caturdasha, Adhyaya, Vishvaksena, Param, Para, Prava, Kshi, Amin, Paka, Vidhi, Narada, Sarvajna, Vrihin, Kshetra, Adika, Kramat, Krama,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 14.1). 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: “caturdaśo'dhyāyaḥ ”
- caturdaśo' -
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caturdaśa (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: “ ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi carupākavidhiṃ param ”
- Cannot analyse *ataḥ*pa
- param -
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param (indeclinable)[indeclinable]para (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]para (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- prava -
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prava (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]prava (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kṣyā -
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kṣi (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- ami -
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amin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]amin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- caru -
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caru (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- pāka -
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pāka (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pāka (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vidhim -
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vidhi (noun, feminine)[accusative single]vidhi (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- param -
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param (indeclinable)[indeclinable]para (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]para (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- Line 4: “ śrṛṇu nārada sarvajña vrīhikṣetrādikān kramāt ”
- Cannot analyse *śrṛṇu*nā
- nārada -
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nārada (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]nārada (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- sarvajña -
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sarvajña (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sarvajña (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vrīhi -
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vrīhi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]vrīhin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]vrīhin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- kṣetrā -
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kṣetra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- adikān -
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adika (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- kramāt -
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kramāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]krama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]