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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 20.233
सहस्रशीर्षं देवमष्टाक्षरमथापि वा ।
सहस्रशीर्षा पुरुषो मन्त्रं वा परमेष्ठिनः ॥ 233 ॥
sahasraśīrṣaṃ devamaṣṭākṣaramathāpi vā |
sahasraśīrṣā puruṣo mantraṃ vā parameṣṭhinaḥ || 233 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.233 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 (20.233). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Sahasrashirsha, Deva, Ashtakshara, Athapi, Purusha, Mantra, Parameshthin, Parameshthi, Parameshthina,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.233). 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: “sahasraśīrṣaṃ devamaṣṭākṣaramathāpi vā ”
- sahasraśīrṣam -
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sahasraśīrṣa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sahasraśīrṣa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sahasraśīrṣā (noun, feminine)[adverb]sahasraśīrṣan (noun, masculine)[adverb]sahasraśīrṣan (noun, neuter)[adverb]
- devam -
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deva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]deva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]devā (noun, feminine)[adverb]devan (noun, masculine)[adverb]
- aṣṭākṣaram -
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aṣṭākṣara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]aṣṭākṣara (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]aṣṭākṣarā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- athāpi -
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athāpi (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- vā -
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vā (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- Line 2: “ sahasraśīrṣā puruṣo mantraṃ vā parameṣṭhinaḥ ”
- Cannot analyse *sahasraśīrṣā*pu
- puruṣo* -
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puruṣa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- mantram -
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mantra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]mantrā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- vā -
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vā (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- parameṣṭhinaḥ -
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parameṣṭhin (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]parameṣṭhin (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]parameṣṭhī (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]parameṣṭhina (noun, masculine)[nominative single]