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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 18.17
क्रमाद्वैवाहिकं होमं कारयेत्तन्त्रपारगः ।
वैष्णव्यः शक्तयः प्रोक्ता मानुष्यो याश्च शक्तयः ॥ 17 ॥
kramādvaivāhikaṃ homaṃ kārayettantrapāragaḥ |
vaiṣṇavyaḥ śaktayaḥ proktā mānuṣyo yāśca śaktayaḥ || 17 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 18.17 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 (18.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Kramat, Krama, Vaivahika, Homa, Tantra, Paraga, Shakti, Prokta, Manushi, Manushya,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 18.17). 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: “kramādvaivāhikaṃ homaṃ kārayettantrapāragaḥ ”
- kramād -
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kramāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]krama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]
- vaivāhikam -
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vaivāhika (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vaivāhika (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- homam -
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homa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- kārayet -
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√kṛ (verb class 0)[optative active third single]
- tantra -
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tantra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pāragaḥ -
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pāraga (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “ vaiṣṇavyaḥ śaktayaḥ proktā mānuṣyo yāśca śaktayaḥ ”
- Cannot analyse *vaiṣṇavyaḥ*śa
- śaktayaḥ -
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śakti (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]śakti (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- proktā* -
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prokta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]proktā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- mānuṣyo* -
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mānuṣī (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]mānuṣya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- yāś -
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yā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- śaktayaḥ -
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śakti (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]śakti (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]