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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 20.196
कुन्दपुष्पनिभाकारं शङ्खचक्रगदाधरम् ।
चतुर्भुजं त्रिणेत्रं च पीतवस्त्रं च चिन्तयेत् ॥ 196 ॥
kundapuṣpanibhākāraṃ śaṅkhacakragadādharam |
caturbhujaṃ triṇetraṃ ca pītavastraṃ ca cintayet || 196 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.196 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 (20.196). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Kundapushpa, Nibha, Akara, Shankhacakragadadhara, Trina, Tra, Pitavastra,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.196). 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: “kundapuṣpanibhākāraṃ śaṅkhacakragadādharam ”
- kundapuṣpa -
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kundapuṣpa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- nibhā -
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nibha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]nibha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]nibhā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- akāram -
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akāra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- śaṅkhacakragadādharam -
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śaṅkhacakragadādhara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śaṅkhacakragadādhara (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śaṅkhacakragadādharā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “ caturbhujaṃ triṇetraṃ ca pītavastraṃ ca cintayet ”
- Cannot analyse *caturbhujam*tr
- triṇe -
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triṇa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]triṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- tram -
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tra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]tra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]trā (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]
- pītavastram -
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pītavastra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]pītavastra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- cintayet -
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√cint (verb class 10)[optative active third single]