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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 25.3
तेषां वर्णश्च वै नाम द्रव्याणां च कथं भवेत् ।
तेषां चैवाधिदैवं च अङ्कुराणां शुभाशुभम् ॥ 3 ॥
teṣāṃ varṇaśca vai nāma dravyāṇāṃ ca kathaṃ bhavet |
teṣāṃ caivādhidaivaṃ ca aṅkurāṇāṃ śubhāśubham || 3 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 25.3 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:
Buy now! English translation by Swami Harshananda (2002)
Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (25.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Tad, Varna, Naman, Dravya, Katham, Katha, Adhidaivam, Adhidaiva, Ankura, Shubhashubha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 25.3). 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: “teṣāṃ varṇaśca vai nāma dravyāṇāṃ ca kathaṃ bhavet ”
- teṣām -
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tad (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]sa (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]
- varṇaś -
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varṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vai -
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√vā (verb class 1)[present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
- nāma -
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nāman (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- dravyāṇām -
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dravya (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]dravya (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]dravyā (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- katham -
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katham (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]katham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kathā (noun, feminine)[adverb]katha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]katha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- bhavet -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- Line 2: “ teṣāṃ caivādhidaivaṃ ca aṅkurāṇāṃ śubhāśubham ”
- Cannot analyse *teṣām*ca
- cai -
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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]
- aivā -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active first dual]
- adhidaivam -
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adhidaivam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]adhidaiva (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]
- aṅkurāṇām -
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aṅkura (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]
- śubhāśubham -
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śubhāśubha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śubhāśubha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śubhāśubhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]