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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 16.124
स्थण्डिलं चतुरश्रं च हस्तमात्रं समन्ततः ।
कारयित्वा मुनिश्रेष्ठ पश्चाद्देवं नयेद्बुधः ॥ 124 ॥
sthaṇḍilaṃ caturaśraṃ ca hastamātraṃ samantataḥ |
kārayitvā muniśreṣṭha paścāddevaṃ nayedbudhaḥ || 124 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 16.124 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 (16.124). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Sthandila, Caturashra, Hasta, Atra, Samantatah, Samantatas, Muni, Shreshtha, Pashcat, Pashca, Deva, Budha, Budh,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 16.124). 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: “sthaṇḍilaṃ caturaśraṃ ca hastamātraṃ samantataḥ ”
- sthaṇḍilam -
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sthaṇḍila (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sthaṇḍila (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sthaṇḍilā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- caturaśram -
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caturaśra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]caturaśra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]caturaśrā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- hastam -
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hasta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]hasta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]hastā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ātram -
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ātra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- samantataḥ -
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samantataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]samantatas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- Line 2: “ kārayitvā muniśreṣṭha paścāddevaṃ nayedbudhaḥ ”
- Cannot analyse *kārayitvā*mu
- muni -
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muni (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]muni (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]munī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]mū (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- śreṣṭha -
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śreṣṭha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]śreṣṭha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- paścād -
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paścāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]paśca (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]paśca (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- devam -
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deva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]deva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]devā (noun, feminine)[adverb]devan (noun, masculine)[adverb]
- nayed -
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√nay (verb class 1)[optative active third single]√nī (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- budhaḥ -
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budha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]budh (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]budh (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]