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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 14.98
पुष्पं दत्वा नमस्कृत्य हरेः पादौ तु साधकः ।
हस्तप्रक्षालनं कृत्वा देवस्यास्त्रेण मन्त्रवित् ॥ 98 ॥
puṣpaṃ datvā namaskṛtya hareḥ pādau tu sādhakaḥ |
hastaprakṣālanaṃ kṛtvā devasyāstreṇa mantravit || 98 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 14.98 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 (14.98). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Pushpa, Dad, Var, Namaskritya, Hari, Pada, Padu, Sadhaka, Kritva, Kritvan, Deva, Astra, Mantravid,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “puṣpaṃ datvā namaskṛtya hareḥ pādau tu sādhakaḥ ”
- puṣpam -
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puṣpa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]puṣpa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]puṣpā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- dat -
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dad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]dad (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]dat (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- vā* -
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vār (noun, masculine)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]vār (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]va (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- namaskṛtya -
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namaskṛtya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]namaskṛtya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- hareḥ -
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hari (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [genitive single]hari (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]√hṛ (verb class 1)[optative active second single]
- pādau -
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pāda (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]pādu (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- sādhakaḥ -
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sādhaka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “ hastaprakṣālanaṃ kṛtvā devasyāstreṇa mantravit ”
- Cannot analyse *hastaprakṣālanam*kṛ
- 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]
- devasyā -
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deva (noun, masculine)[genitive single]deva (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- astreṇa -
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astra (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- mantravit -
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mantravid (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]mantravid (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]