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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 26.16
एवमुक्तप्रकारेण ध्वजपीठं प्रकल्पयेत् ।
पूर्वं वाप्यथवा पश्चात् कल्पयेत् पीठमुत्तमम् ॥ 16 ॥
evamuktaprakāreṇa dhvajapīṭhaṃ prakalpayet |
pūrvaṃ vāpyathavā paścāt kalpayet pīṭhamuttamam || 16 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 26.16 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 (26.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Evam, Eva, Ukta, Prakara, Dhvaja, Pitha, Pra, Vapi, Vapin, Vapya, Athava, Pashcat, Pashca, Uttamam, Uttama,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 26.16). 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: “evamuktaprakāreṇa dhvajapīṭhaṃ prakalpayet ”
- evam -
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evam (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]evam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]eva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]eva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]evā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ukta -
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ukta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ukta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√vac -> ukta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √vac class 2 verb], [vocative single from √vac class 3 verb]√vac -> ukta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √vac class 2 verb], [vocative single from √vac class 3 verb]
- prakāreṇa -
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prakāra (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- dhvaja -
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dhvaja (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]√dhvaj (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- pīṭham -
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pīṭha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]pīṭha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- pra -
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pra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]pra (Preverb)[Preverb]
- kalpayet -
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√kḷp (verb class 0)[optative active third single]
- Line 2: “ pūrvaṃ vāpyathavā paścāt kalpayet pīṭhamuttamam ”
- Cannot analyse *pūrvam*vā
- vāpya -
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vāpi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]vāpī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]vāpin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]vāpin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]vāpya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vāpya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√vā -> vāpya (participle, masculine)[compound from √vā]√vā -> vāpya (participle, neuter)[compound from √vā]√vap -> vāpya (participle, masculine)[compound from √vap]√vap -> vāpya (participle, neuter)[compound from √vap]√vā -> vāpya (absolutive)[absolutive from √vā]√vap -> vāpya (absolutive)[absolutive from √vap]√vā -> vāpya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √vā]√vā -> vāpya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √vā]√vap -> vāpya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √vap]√vap -> vāpya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √vap]
- athavā -
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athavā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- paścāt -
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paścāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]paśca (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]paśca (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- kalpayet -
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√kḷp (verb class 0)[optative active third single]
- pīṭham -
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pīṭha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]pīṭha (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]