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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 20.44
ततस्तु कायशुद्ध्यर्थं वर्णं धूम्रादि विन्यसेत् ।
शब्दःस्पर्शश्च रूपं च रसो गन्धश्च पञ्चमः ॥ 44 ॥
tatastu kāyaśuddhyarthaṃ varṇaṃ dhūmrādi vinyaset |
śabdaḥsparśaśca rūpaṃ ca raso gandhaśca pañcamaḥ || 44 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.44 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:
Buy now! English translation by Swami Harshananda (2002)
Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (20.44). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Tatah, Tad, Tata, Kayashuddhi, Artha, Varna, Dhumra, Rupa, Rasa, Gandha, Pancama,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “tatastu kāyaśuddhyarthaṃ varṇaṃ dhūmrādi vinyaset ”
- tatas -
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tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]tata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]sa (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- kāyaśuddhya -
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kāyaśuddhi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- artham -
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artha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]artha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- varṇam -
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varṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]varṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]varṇā (noun, feminine)[adverb]varṇan (noun, masculine)[adverb]varṇan (noun, neuter)[adverb]
- dhūmrā -
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dhūmra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dhūmra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]dhūmrā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- adi -
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ad (noun, masculine)[locative single]ad (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- Cannot analyse vinyaset
- Line 2: “ śabdaḥsparśaśca rūpaṃ ca raso gandhaśca pañcamaḥ ”
- Cannot analyse *śabdaḥsparśaśca*rū
- rūpam -
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rūpa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]rūpa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]rūpā (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]
- raso* -
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rasa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- gandhaś -
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gandha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pañcamaḥ -
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pañcama (noun, masculine)[nominative single]