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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 20.225
गन्धं चानन्तरं विद्यात् सप्तमं पुष्पमेव च ।
धूपं तु चाष्टमं विद्यात् दीपस्तु नवमः स्मृतः ॥ 225 ॥
gandhaṃ cānantaraṃ vidyāt saptamaṃ puṣpameva ca |
dhūpaṃ tu cāṣṭamaṃ vidyāt dīpastu navamaḥ smṛtaḥ || 225 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.225 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 (20.225). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Gandha, Antaram, Antara, Vidya, Saptama, Pushpa, Eva, Dipa, Navama, Smrita,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.225). 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: “gandhaṃ cānantaraṃ vidyāt saptamaṃ puṣpameva ca ”
- gandham -
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gandha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]gandha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]gandhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- cān -
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ca (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- antaram -
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antaram (indeclinable)[indeclinable]antara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]antara (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- vidyāt -
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vidya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]√vid (verb class 2)[optative active third single]
- saptamam -
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saptama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]saptama (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- puṣpam -
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puṣpa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]puṣpa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]puṣpā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- eva -
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eva (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]eva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]eva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- Line 2: “ dhūpaṃ tu cāṣṭamaṃ vidyāt dīpastu navamaḥ smṛtaḥ ”
- Cannot analyse *dhūpam*tu
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- cāṣ -
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ca (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]cā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- ṭam -
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ṭa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ṭa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]ṭā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- am -
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a (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ā (noun, feminine)[adverb]e (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- vidyāt -
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vidya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]√vid (verb class 2)[optative active third single]
- dīpas -
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dīpa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- navamaḥ -
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navama (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- smṛtaḥ -
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smṛta (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]