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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 34.4
यत्स्थानं मनसो रम्यं कारयेद्विष्णुमन्दिरम् ।
उत्तमं तु शिलावेश्म मध्यमं दारु चोच्यते ॥ 4 ॥
yatsthānaṃ manaso ramyaṃ kārayedviṣṇumandiram |
uttamaṃ tu śilāveśma madhyamaṃ dāru cocyate || 4 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 34.4 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:
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Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (34.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Yat, Yad, Sthana, Manas, Manasa, Ramya, Vishnumandira, Shilaveshman, Madhyama, Daru, Ucyat,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “yatsthānaṃ manaso ramyaṃ kārayedviṣṇumandiram ”
- yat -
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yat (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yat (noun, masculine)[compound]yad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]yat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√i -> yat (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- sthānam -
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sthāna (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- manaso* -
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manas (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]manasa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ramyam -
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ramya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ramya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]ramyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√ram -> ramya (participle, masculine)[adverb from √ram]√ram -> ramya (participle, neuter)[adverb from √ram]√ram -> ramyā (participle, feminine)[adverb from √ram]√ram -> ramya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √ram class 1 verb], [accusative single from √ram]√ram -> ramya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √ram class 1 verb], [accusative single from √ram class 1 verb], [nominative single from √ram], [accusative single from √ram]
- kārayed -
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√kṛ (verb class 0)[optative active third single]
- viṣṇumandiram -
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viṣṇumandira (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- Line 2: “ uttamaṃ tu śilāveśma madhyamaṃ dāru cocyate ”
- Cannot analyse *uttamam*tu
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- śilāveśma -
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śilāveśman (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- madhyamam -
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madhyama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]madhyama (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]madhyamā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- dāru -
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dāru (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]dāru (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]dāru (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- co -
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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]
- ucyate -
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√uc -> ucyat (participle, masculine)[dative single from √uc class 4 verb]√uc -> ucyat (participle, neuter)[dative single from √uc class 4 verb]√vac (verb class 2)[present passive third single]√vac (verb class 3)[present passive third single]