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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 20.1
विंशोऽध्यायः ।
विष्वक्सेनः ।
श्रुणु नारद तत्त्वेन साधकानां हिताय वै ।
पूजाभेदं प्रवक्ष्यामि परमात्मादिमूर्तिषु ॥ 1 ॥
viṃśo'dhyāyaḥ |
viṣvaksenaḥ |
śruṇu nārada tattvena sādhakānāṃ hitāya vai |
pūjābhedaṃ pravakṣyāmi paramātmādimūrtiṣu || 1 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.1 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 (20.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Vimsha, Adhyaya, Vishvaksena, Narada, Tattva, Sadhaka, Hita, Prava, Kshi, Amin, Paramatma, Paramatman, Adi, Adin, Murti,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.1). 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: “viṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ”
- viṃśo' -
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viṃśa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- adhyāyaḥ -
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adhyāya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√dhyā (verb class 1)[imperfect active second single]
- Line 2: “viṣvaksenaḥ ”
- viṣvaksenaḥ -
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viṣvaksena (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 3: “ śruṇu nārada tattvena sādhakānāṃ hitāya vai ”
- Cannot analyse *śruṇu*nā
- nārada -
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nārada (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]nārada (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- tattvena -
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tattva (noun, neuter)[instrumental 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]
- vai -
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√vā (verb class 1)[present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
- Line 4: “ pūjābhedaṃ pravakṣyāmi paramātmādimūrtiṣu ”
- Cannot analyse *pūjābhedam*pr
- prava -
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prava (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]prava (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kṣyā -
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kṣi (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- ami -
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amin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]amin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- paramātmā -
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paramātma (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]paramātman (noun, masculine)[compound], [nominative single]paramātmā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ādi -
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ādi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]ādi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ādi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]ādin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]ādin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- mūrtiṣu -
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mūrti (noun, feminine)[locative plural]mūrti (noun, masculine)[locative plural]mūrtī (noun, neuter)[locative plural]