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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 32.28
दण्डाकारं विना तस्मिन् निशि चूर्णेन पूज येत् ।
प्रथमं चक्रमध्ये तु द्वितीयं चारु मध्यमे ॥ 28 ॥
daṇḍākāraṃ vinā tasmin niśi cūrṇena pūja yet |
prathamaṃ cakramadhye tu dvitīyaṃ cāru madhyame || 28 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 32.28 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 (32.28). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Danda, Akara, Vina, Tad, Nish, Nishi, Curna, Puja, Cakramadhya, Dvitiyam, Dvitiya, Caru, Madhyama,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “daṇḍākāraṃ vinā tasmin niśi cūrṇena pūja yet ”
- daṇḍā -
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daṇḍa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]daṇḍā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- akāram -
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akāra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- vinā -
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vinā (indeclinable postposition)[indeclinable postposition]vi (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]vi (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]vī (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]vinā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- tasmin -
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tad (noun, neuter)[locative single]sa (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- niśi -
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niśi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]niśi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]niśi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]niś (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- cūrṇena -
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cūrṇa (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]cūrṇa (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- pūja -
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pūja (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pūja (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√pūj (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- Cannot analyse yet
- Line 2: “ prathamaṃ cakramadhye tu dvitīyaṃ cāru madhyame ”
- Cannot analyse *prathamam*ca
- cakramadhye -
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cakramadhya (noun, masculine)[locative single]cakramadhya (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- dvitīyam -
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dvitīyam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]dvitīya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dvitīya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]dvitīyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- cāru -
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cāru (indeclinable)[indeclinable]cāru (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāru (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- madhyame -
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madhyama (noun, masculine)[locative single]madhyama (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]madhyamā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]