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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 16.3
प्रतिष्ठायाः क्रमं चास्मिन् साधकानां हिताय तु ।
कृत्वाङ्कुरार्पणं सम्यक् पञ्चसप्तदिनात् पुरा ॥ 3 ॥
pratiṣṭhāyāḥ kramaṃ cāsmin sādhakānāṃ hitāya tu |
kṛtvāṅkurārpaṇaṃ samyak pañcasaptadināt purā || 3 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 16.3 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 (16.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Pratishtha, Krama, Idam, Sadhaka, Hita, Samyak, Panca, Pancan, Sapta, Saptan, Dina, Pura, Pur,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “pratiṣṭhāyāḥ kramaṃ cāsmin sādhakānāṃ hitāya tu ”
- pratiṣṭhāyāḥ -
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pratiṣṭhā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- kramam -
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krama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- cā -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]cā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- asmin -
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idam (pronoun, masculine)[locative single]idam (pronoun, neuter)[locative single]
- sādhakānām -
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sādhaka (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]sādhaka (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]sādhakā (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]
- hitāya -
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hita (noun, masculine)[dative single]hita (noun, neuter)[dative single]√hi -> hita (participle, masculine)[dative single from √hi class 5 verb]√hi -> hita (participle, neuter)[dative single from √hi class 5 verb]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- Line 2: “ kṛtvāṅkurārpaṇaṃ samyak pañcasaptadināt purā ”
- Cannot analyse *kṛtvāṅkurārpaṇam*sa
- samyak -
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samyak (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- pañca -
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pañca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pañca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]pañcan (noun, masculine)[compound]pañcan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]√pañc (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- sapta -
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sapta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sapta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]saptan (noun, masculine)[compound]saptan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]√sap -> sapta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √sap class 1 verb]√sap -> sapta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √sap class 1 verb]
- dināt -
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dina (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]dina (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- purā -
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purā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]pur (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]purā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]