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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 19.3
आचार्यः प्रयतो भूत्वा प्राङ्मुखो वाप्युदङ्मुखः ।
पङ्कजं वासनं बद्ध्वा स्वस्तिकं वा यथेच्छया ॥ 3 ॥
ācāryaḥ prayato bhūtvā prāṅmukho vāpyudaṅmukhaḥ |
paṅkajaṃ vāsanaṃ baddhvā svastikaṃ vā yathecchayā || 3 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 19.3 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 (19.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Acari, Acarya, Prayata, Prayat, Pranmukha, Vapi, Vapin, Udanmukha, Vasana, Baddhva, Svastika, Var, Yatheccha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 19.3). 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: “ācāryaḥ prayato bhūtvā prāṅmukho vāpyudaṅmukhaḥ ”
- ācāryaḥ -
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ācārī (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]ācārya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- prayato* -
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prayata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√pre -> prayat (participle, masculine)[accusative plural from √pre class 2 verb], [ablative single from √pre class 2 verb], [genitive single from √pre class 2 verb]√pre -> prayat (participle, neuter)[ablative single from √pre class 2 verb], [genitive single from √pre class 2 verb]
- bhūtvā -
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√bhū -> bhūtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √bhū]
- prāṅmukho* -
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prāṅmukha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- vāpyu -
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vāpi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]vāpī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]vāpin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]vāpin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- udaṅmukhaḥ -
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udaṅmukha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “ paṅkajaṃ vāsanaṃ baddhvā svastikaṃ vā yathecchayā ”
- Cannot analyse *paṅkajam*vā
- vāsanam -
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vāsana (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vāsana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]vāsanā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- baddhvā -
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√bandh -> baddhvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √bandh]√bandh -> baddhvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √bandh]√bandh -> baddhvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √bandh]baddhvā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- svastikam -
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svastika (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]svastika (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- 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]
- yathecchayā -
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yathecchā (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]