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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 22.55
गन्धद्रव्ये तथोशीरं शेषालाभे प्रशस्यते ।
अभावे चाक्षतस्यैव यथासंभवमाचरेत् ॥ 55 ॥
gandhadravye tathośīraṃ śeṣālābhe praśasyate |
abhāve cākṣatasyaiva yathāsaṃbhavamācaret || 55 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 22.55 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 (22.55). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Gandhadravya, Tatha, Ushira, Shesha, Alabha, Prashasyata, Akshata, Yathasambhava,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 22.55). 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: “gandhadravye tathośīraṃ śeṣālābhe praśasyate ”
- gandhadravye -
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gandhadravya (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- tatho -
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tathā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tatha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tatha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]tathā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- uśīram -
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uśīra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]uśīra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- śeṣā -
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śeṣa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]śeṣa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]śeṣā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√śaṣ (verb class 1)[perfect active second plural]√śiṣ (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- alābhe -
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alābha (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- praśasyate -
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praśasyatā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- Line 2: “ abhāve cākṣatasyaiva yathāsaṃbhavamācaret ”
- Cannot analyse *abhāve*cā
- cā -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]cā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- akṣatasyai -
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akṣata (noun, masculine)[genitive single]akṣata (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- aiva -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active first dual]
- yathāsambhavam -
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yathāsambhava (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]yathāsambhava (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]yathāsambhavā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ā -
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ā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]ā (Preverb)[Preverb]
- caret -
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√car (verb class 1)[optative active third single]