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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 29.2
माघमासेऽथवा ब्रह्यन् राघवोत्सवमुत्तमम् ।
कृत्वाङ्कुरार्पणं पूर्वं ततश्चोत्सवमाचरेत् ॥ 2 ॥
māghamāse'thavā brahyan rāghavotsavamuttamam |
kṛtvāṅkurārpaṇaṃ pūrvaṃ tataścotsavamācaret || 2 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 29.2 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 (29.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Maghama, Asi, Athava, Raghava, Utsava, Uttamam, Uttama, Purvam, Purva, Tatah, Tad, Tata,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “māghamāse'thavā brahyan rāghavotsavamuttamam ”
- māghamā -
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māghamā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ase' -
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asi (noun, feminine)[vocative single]asi (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- athavā -
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athavā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- Cannot analyse brahyan*rā
- rāghavo -
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rāghava (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- utsavam -
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utsava (noun, masculine)[adverb], [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]
- Line 2: “ kṛtvāṅkurārpaṇaṃ pūrvaṃ tataścotsavamācaret ”
- Cannot analyse *kṛtvāṅkurārpaṇam*pū
- pūrvam -
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pūrvam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]pūrva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]pūrva (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- tataś -
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tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]tata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]sa (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]cā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- utsavam -
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utsava (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- ā -
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ā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]ā (Preverb)[Preverb]
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√car (verb class 1)[optative active third single]