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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 34.23
मन्दरं निषधं चैव नागरं च समन्वितम् ।
द्राविडं वेसरं चैव पञ्चभेदेन कीर्तितम् ॥ 23 ॥
mandaraṃ niṣadhaṃ caiva nāgaraṃ ca samanvitam |
drāviḍaṃ vesaraṃ caiva pañcabhedena kīrtitam || 23 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 34.23 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 (34.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Mandara, Nishadha, Nagara, Samanvita, Vesara, Panca, Pancan, Bheda, Bhedena, Kirtita,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 34.23). 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: “mandaraṃ niṣadhaṃ caiva nāgaraṃ ca samanvitam ”
- mandaram -
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mandara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]mandara (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]mandarā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- niṣadham -
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niṣadha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]niṣadha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]niṣadhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- cai -
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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]
- aiva -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active first dual]
- nāgaram -
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nāgaram (adverb)[adverb]nāgaram (adverb)[adverb]nāgara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]nāgara (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- samanvitam -
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samanvita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]samanvita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]samanvitā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “ drāviḍaṃ vesaraṃ caiva pañcabhedena kīrtitam ”
- Cannot analyse *drāviḍam*ve
- vesaram -
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vesara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vesara (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- cai -
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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]
- aiva -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active first dual]
- pañca -
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pañca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pañca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]pañcan (noun, masculine)[compound]pañcan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]√pañc (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- bhedena -
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bhedena (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]bhedena (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]bheda (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- kīrtitam -
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kīrtita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kīrtita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]kīrtitā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√kīrt -> kīrtita (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √kīrt class 10 verb]√kīrt -> kīrtita (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √kīrt class 10 verb], [accusative single from √kīrt class 10 verb]