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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 26.8
चतुर्हस्तं तदर्धं वा विस्तारायामतः समम् ।
हस्तोच्छ्रायं द्विहस्तं वा स्थाप्य स्तम्भस्य मध्यतः ॥ 8 ॥
caturhastaṃ tadardhaṃ vā vistārāyāmataḥ samam |
hastocchrāyaṃ dvihastaṃ vā sthāpya stambhasya madhyataḥ || 8 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 26.8 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 (26.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Caturhasta, Tad, Tat, Ardha, Var, Vistarayama, Tas, Samam, Sama, Dvihasta, Sthapya, Stambha, Madhyatah,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 26.8). 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: “caturhastaṃ tadardhaṃ vā vistārāyāmataḥ samam ”
- caturhastam -
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caturhasta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]caturhasta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]caturhastā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- tad -
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tad (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- ardham -
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ardha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ardha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]ardhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- vā* -
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vār (noun, masculine)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]vār (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]va (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- vistārāyāma -
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vistārāyāma (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vistārāyāma (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- taḥ -
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tas (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ta (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- samam -
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samam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sama (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]samā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “ hastocchrāyaṃ dvihastaṃ vā sthāpya stambhasya madhyataḥ ”
- Cannot analyse *hastocchrāyam*dv
- dvihastam -
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dvihasta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dvihasta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]dvihastā (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]
- sthāpya -
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sthāpya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sthāpya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√sthā -> sthāpya (participle, masculine)[compound from √sthā]√sthā -> sthāpya (participle, neuter)[compound from √sthā]√sthā -> sthāpya (absolutive)[absolutive from √sthā]√sthā -> sthāpya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √sthā]√sthā -> sthāpya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √sthā]
- stambhasya -
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stambha (noun, masculine)[genitive single]
- madhyataḥ -
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madhyataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]