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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 27.4
नवरात्रं तु वा कुर्यात् उत्सवस्य तु विस्तरम् ।
एकरात्रोत्सवो ब्राह्मः त्रियहः शैव उच्यते ॥ 4 ॥
navarātraṃ tu vā kuryāt utsavasya tu vistaram |
ekarātrotsavo brāhmaḥ triyahaḥ śaiva ucyate || 4 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 27.4 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
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Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “navarātraṃ tu vā kuryāt utsavasya tu vistaram ”
- navarātram -
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navarātra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]navarātra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- vā -
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vā (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- kuryāt -
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√kṛ (verb class 8)[optative active third single]
- utsavasya -
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utsava (noun, masculine)[genitive single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- vistaram -
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vistara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vistara (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]vistarā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “ ekarātrotsavo brāhmaḥ triyahaḥ śaiva ucyate ”
- Cannot analyse *ekarātrotsavo*br
- brāhmaḥ -
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brāhma (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tri -
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tri (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- yahaḥ -
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yahas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- śaiva* -
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śaiva (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ucyate -
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√uc -> ucyat (participle, masculine)[dative single from √uc class 4 verb]√uc -> ucyat (participle, neuter)[dative single from √uc class 4 verb]√vac (verb class 2)[present passive third single]√vac (verb class 3)[present passive third single]