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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 28.21
पुण्याहं वाचयेत्तस्मिन् ब्राह्मणैस्तन्त्रपारगैः ।
तिलादिबीजानभ्यर्च्य तण्डुलोपरि नारद ॥ 21 ॥
puṇyāhaṃ vācayettasmin brāhmaṇaistantrapāragaiḥ |
tilādibījānabhyarcya taṇḍulopari nārada || 21 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 28.21 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
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (28.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Punyaha, Tad, Brahmana, Tantra, Paraga, Tandula, Tandulu, Upari, Narada,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “puṇyāhaṃ vācayettasmin brāhmaṇaistantrapāragaiḥ ”
- puṇyāham -
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puṇyāha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- vācayet -
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√vac (verb class 0)[optative active third single]
- tasmin -
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tad (noun, neuter)[locative single]sa (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- brāhmaṇais -
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brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- tantra -
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tantra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pāragaiḥ -
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pāraga (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]pāraga (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- Line 2: “ tilādibījānabhyarcya taṇḍulopari nārada ”
- Cannot analyse *tilādibījānabhyarcya*ta
- taṇḍulo -
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taṇḍula (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]taṇḍulā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]taṇḍulu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- upari -
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upari (indeclinable postposition)[indeclinable postposition]upari (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- nārada -
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nārada (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]nārada (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]