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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 26.9
एकहस्तं तथा भूमौ गर्तं पीठादधः शुभम् ।
स्तम्भस्य परितः कुर्यात् मेखलात्रितयं बुधः ॥ 9 ॥
ekahastaṃ tathā bhūmau gartaṃ pīṭhādadhaḥ śubham |
stambhasya paritaḥ kuryāt mekhalātritayaṃ budhaḥ || 9 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 26.9 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 (26.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Ekahasta, Tatha, Bhuma, Bhumi, Garta, Pitha, Adhah, Adhas, Shubha, Shubh, Paritah, Paritas, Mekhala, Rita, Yah, Budha, Budh,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 26.9). 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: “ekahastaṃ tathā bhūmau gartaṃ pīṭhādadhaḥ śubham ”
- ekahastam -
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ekahasta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ekahasta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]ekahastā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- tathā* -
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tathā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]tatha (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- bhūmau -
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bhūma (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]bhūmi (noun, feminine)[locative single]bhūmi (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- gartam -
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garta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]garta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]gartā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- pīṭhād -
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pīṭha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]pīṭha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- adhaḥ -
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adhaḥ (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]adhaḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]adhas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- śubham -
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śubha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śubha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śubhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]śubh (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- Line 2: “ stambhasya paritaḥ kuryāt mekhalātritayaṃ budhaḥ ”
- Cannot analyse *stambhasya*pa
- paritaḥ -
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paritaḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]paritas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- kuryāt -
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√kṛ (verb class 8)[optative active third single]
- mekhalāt -
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mekhala (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]mekhala (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- rita -
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rita (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]rita (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- yam -
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ya (noun, masculine)[accusative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[accusative single]
- budhaḥ -
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budha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]budh (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]budh (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]