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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 28.18
कर्णिकदिदलेष्वेषु कारयेत् प्रथमाक्षरम् ।
अथवा मुनिशार्दूल अष्टपत्राब्जमालिखेत् ॥ 18 ॥
karṇikadidaleṣveṣu kārayet prathamākṣaram |
athavā muniśārdūla aṣṭapatrābjamālikhet || 18 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 28.18 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 (28.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Karnika, Dala, Idam, Prathama, Akshara, Munishardula, Ashtapatra, Abja,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 28.18). 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: “karṇikadidaleṣveṣu kārayet prathamākṣaram ”
- karṇika -
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karṇika (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]karṇika (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- di -
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dī (noun, feminine)[adverb]dā (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- daleṣve -
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dala (noun, masculine)[locative plural]dala (noun, neuter)[locative plural]
- eṣu -
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e (noun, masculine)[locative plural]idam (pronoun, masculine)[locative plural]idam (pronoun, neuter)[locative plural]
- kārayet -
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√kṛ (verb class 0)[optative active third single]
- prathamā -
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prathama (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]prathama (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]prathamā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- akṣaram -
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akṣara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]akṣara (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]akṣarā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√kṣar (verb class 1)[imperfect active first single]√kṣar (verb class 2)[imperfect active first single]
- Line 2: “ athavā muniśārdūla aṣṭapatrābjamālikhet ”
- Cannot analyse *athavā*mu
- muniśārdūla -
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muniśārdūla (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]muniśārdūla (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- aṣṭapatrā -
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aṣṭapatra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]aṣṭapatra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- abjam -
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abja (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]abja (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]abjā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ā -
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ā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]ā (Preverb)[Preverb]
- likhet -
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√likh (verb class 6)[optative active third single]