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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 26.1
षड्विंशोऽध्यायः ।
विष्वक्सेनः ।
अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि ध्वजोत्थापनमुत्तमम् ।
येनोपसर्गा नश्यन्ति सर्वसंपत्सुखावहम् ॥ 1 ॥
ṣaḍviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ |
viṣvaksenaḥ |
ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi dhvajotthāpanamuttamam |
yenopasargā naśyanti sarvasaṃpatsukhāvaham || 1 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 26.1 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 (26.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Shadvimsha, Adhyaya, Vishvaksena, Param, Para, Prava, Kshi, Amin, Dhvajotthapana, Uttamam, Uttama, Nashyanti, Nashyat, Sarvasampat, Kha, Aha, Asmad,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 26.1). 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: “ṣaḍviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ”
- ṣaḍviṃśo' -
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ṣaḍviṃśa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- adhyāyaḥ -
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adhyāya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√dhyā (verb class 1)[imperfect active second single]
- Line 2: “viṣvaksenaḥ ”
- viṣvaksenaḥ -
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viṣvaksena (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 3: “ ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi dhvajotthāpanamuttamam ”
- Cannot analyse *ataḥ*pa
- param -
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param (indeclinable)[indeclinable]para (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]para (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- prava -
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prava (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]prava (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kṣyā -
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kṣi (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- ami -
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amin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]amin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- dhvajotthāpanam -
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dhvajotthāpana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- uttamam -
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uttamam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]uttama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]uttama (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]uttamā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 4: “ yenopasargā naśyanti sarvasaṃpatsukhāvaham ”
- Cannot analyse *yenopasargā*na
- naśyanti -
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naśyantī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]naśyat (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√naś -> naśyat (participle, neuter)[nominative plural from √naś class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √naś class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √naś class 4 verb]√naś -> naśyantī (participle, feminine)[vocative single from √naś class 4 verb]√naś (verb class 4)[present active third plural]
- sarvasampatsu -
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sarvasampat (noun, masculine)[locative plural]sarvasampat (noun, feminine)[locative plural]sarvasampat (noun, neuter)[locative plural]
- khāva -
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kha (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- aham -
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aha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[nominative single]