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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 20.163
विमानाग्नेययाम्ये तु तन्मध्ये गणनायकम् ।
पूर्ववद्वर्णकं चिन्त्य हस्तिवक्त्रं चतुर्भुजम् ॥ 163 ॥
vimānāgneyayāmye tu tanmadhye gaṇanāyakam |
pūrvavadvarṇakaṃ cintya hastivaktraṃ caturbhujam || 163 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.163 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 (20.163). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Vimana, Agneya, Tanmadhya, Gananayaka, Cintya, Hastivaktra, Caturbhuja,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.163). 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: “vimānāgneyayāmye tu tanmadhye gaṇanāyakam ”
- vimānā -
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vimāna (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vimāna (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]vimānā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- āgneyayā -
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āgneyā (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- amye -
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- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- tanmadhye -
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tanmadhya (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- gaṇanāyakam -
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gaṇanāyaka (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- Line 2: “ pūrvavadvarṇakaṃ cintya hastivaktraṃ caturbhujam ”
- Cannot analyse *pūrvavadvarṇakam*ci
- cintya -
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cintya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]cintya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√cint -> cintya (absolutive)[absolutive from √cint]√cint -> cintya (absolutive)[absolutive from √cint]
- hastivaktram -
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hastivaktra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- caturbhujam -
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caturbhuja (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]caturbhuja (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]caturbhujā (noun, feminine)[adverb]