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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 25.55
कपिलश्च हलश्चैव शरावाणां तु देवताः ।
अपरे चन्द्राग्न्यादित्यदेवतात्रयमेव तु ॥ 55 ॥
kapilaśca halaścaiva śarāvāṇāṃ tu devatāḥ |
apare candrāgnyādityadevatātrayameva tu || 55 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 25.55 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:
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 (25.55). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Kapila, Hal, Hala, Sharava, Devata, Candragni, Adityadevata, Raya, Eva,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 25.55). 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: “kapilaśca halaścaiva śarāvāṇāṃ tu devatāḥ ”
- kapilaś -
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kapila (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]
- halaś -
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hal (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]hala (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- 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]
- aiva -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active first dual]
- śarāvāṇām -
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śarāva (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- devatāḥ -
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devatā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]devata (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- Line 2: “ apare candrāgnyādityadevatātrayameva tu ”
- Cannot analyse *apare*ca
- candrāgnyā -
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candrāgni (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]candrāgni (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]candrāgni (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- ādityadevatāt -
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ādityadevata (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]ādityadevata (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- rayam -
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raya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- eva -
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eva (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]eva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]eva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]