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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 31.16
प्रदृश्याङ्गुलिसंज्ञितां पादमूले ।
प्रणम्याक्षतं वापि पुष्पं प्रकीर्य ।
मुने विद्ययाष्टार्णयैवाथ चार्घ्यं ।
पुनः पाद्याचमनं गन्धपुष्पम् ॥ 16 ॥
pradṛśyāṅgulisaṃjñitāṃ pādamūle |
praṇamyākṣataṃ vāpi puṣpaṃ prakīrya |
mune vidyayāṣṭārṇayaivātha cārghyaṃ |
punaḥ pādyācamanaṃ gandhapuṣpam || 16 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 31.16 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 (31.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Pra, Drishya, Drishi, Anguli, Sanjnita, Padamula, Vapi, Vapin, Pushpa, Prakirya, Vidya, Ashta, Ashtan, Arna, Eva, Han, Arghya, Padyacamana, Gandhapushpa,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 31.16). 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: “pradṛśyāṅgulisaṃjñitāṃ pādamūle ”
- pra -
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pra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dṛśyā -
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dṛśya (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]dṛśya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dṛśya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√dṛś -> dṛśya (absolutive)[absolutive from √dṛś]√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, masculine)[compound from √dṛś]√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, neuter)[compound from √dṛś]dṛśi (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]dṛśyā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]√dṛś -> dṛśyā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
- aṅguli -
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aṅguli (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]aṅgulī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- sañjñitām -
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sañjñitā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- pādamūle -
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pādamūla (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- Line 2: “ praṇamyākṣataṃ vāpi puṣpaṃ prakīrya ”
- Cannot analyse *praṇamyākṣatam*vā
- vāpi -
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vāpi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]vāpī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]vāpin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]vāpin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- puṣpam -
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puṣpa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]puṣpa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]puṣpā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- prakīrya -
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prakīrya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]prakīrya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- Line 3: “ mune vidyayāṣṭārṇayaivātha cārghyaṃ ”
- Cannot analyse *mune*vi
- vidyayā -
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vidyā (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- aṣṭā -
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aṣṭa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]aṣṭa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√aś -> aṣṭa (participle, masculine)[compound from √aś]√aś -> aṣṭa (participle, neuter)[compound from √aś]aṣṭan (noun, masculine)[compound], [nominative single]aṣṭan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]aṣṭā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√aś -> aṣṭa (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √aś class 5 verb]√aś -> aṣṭa (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √aś class 5 verb]√aś -> aṣṭā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √aś class 5 verb]√akṣ (verb class 1)[periphrastic-future active third single]√akṣ (verb class 5)[periphrastic-future active third single]
- arṇayai -
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arṇā (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- evāt -
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eva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]eva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- ha -
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ha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]han (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- cā -
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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]
- arghyam -
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arghya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]arghya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]arghyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 4: “ punaḥ pādyācamanaṃ gandhapuṣpam ”
- Cannot analyse *punaḥ*pā
- pādyācamanam -
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pādyācamana (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]pādyācamana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- gandhapuṣpam -
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gandhapuṣpa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]gandhapuṣpa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]gandhapuṣpā (noun, feminine)[adverb]