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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 32.4
कारयेद्धेतिराजानमुत्तमाधममध्यतः ।
उत्तमं हेतिराजस्य लक्षणं प्रथमं श्रृणु ॥ 4 ॥
kārayeddhetirājānamuttamādhamamadhyataḥ |
uttamaṃ hetirājasya lakṣaṇaṃ prathamaṃ śrṛṇu || 4 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 32.4 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 (32.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Heti, Ajana, Uttamadhama, Adhi, Atah, Aja, Lakshana, Prathamam, Prathama,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 32.4). 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: “kārayeddhetirājānamuttamādhamamadhyataḥ ”
- kārayeddh -
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√kṛ (verb class 0)[optative active third single]
- hetir -
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heti (noun, feminine)[nominative single]heti (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ājānam -
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ājāna (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]ājānā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- uttamādhamam -
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uttamādhama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]uttamādhama (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]uttamādhamā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- adhya -
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adhi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]adhi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]adhī (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]adhī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]adhī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√dhā (verb class 1)[aorist middle first single]√dhā (verb class 2)[aorist middle first single]√dhā (verb class 3)[aorist middle first single]√dhā (verb class 4)[aorist middle first single]
- ataḥ -
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ataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- Line 2: “ uttamaṃ hetirājasya lakṣaṇaṃ prathamaṃ śrṛṇu ”
- Cannot analyse *uttamam*he
- hetir -
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heti (noun, feminine)[nominative single]heti (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ājasya -
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āja (noun, masculine)[genitive single]āja (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- lakṣaṇam -
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lakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]lakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]lakṣaṇā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- prathamam -
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prathamam (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]prathamam (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]prathamam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]prathama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]prathama (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]prathamā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Cannot analyse śrṛṇu