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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 30.3
अङ्कुरार्पणपूर्वं तु सप्तपञ्चदिनेऽथवा ।
मध्यरात्रे तु पूर्वे तु कृष्णबिम्बमनुत्तमम् ॥ 3 ॥
aṅkurārpaṇapūrvaṃ tu saptapañcadine'thavā |
madhyarātre tu pūrve tu kṛṣṇabimbamanuttamam || 3 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 30.3 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 (30.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Ankurarpana, Purvam, Purva, Sapta, Saptan, Pancat, Ina, Athava, Krishna, Bimba, Anuttama,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “aṅkurārpaṇapūrvaṃ tu saptapañcadine'thavā ”
- aṅkurārpaṇa -
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aṅkurārpaṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pūrvam -
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pūrvam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]pūrva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]pūrva (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- sapta -
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sapta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sapta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]saptan (noun, masculine)[compound]saptan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]√sap -> sapta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √sap class 1 verb]√sap -> sapta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √sap class 1 verb]
- pañcad -
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pañcat (noun, masculine)[compound]pañcat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√pañc -> pañcat (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √pañc class 1 verb], [vocative single from √pañc class 1 verb], [accusative single from √pañc class 1 verb]
- ine' -
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ina (noun, masculine)[locative single]ina (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]inā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- athavā -
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athavā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- Line 2: “ madhyarātre tu pūrve tu kṛṣṇabimbamanuttamam ”
- Cannot analyse *madhyarātre*tu
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- pūrve -
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pūrva (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [locative single]pūrva (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]pūrvā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- kṛṣṇa -
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kṛṣṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]kṛṣṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- bimbam -
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bimba (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]bimba (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]bimbā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- anuttamam -
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anuttama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]anuttama (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]anuttamā (noun, feminine)[adverb]