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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 34.27
कण्ठात्प्रभृति र ष्टाश्रं प्रासादं द्राविडं भवेत् ।
शयने तु मुनिश्रेष्ठ गोपुराकृतिरुच्यते ॥ 27 ॥
kaṇṭhātprabhṛti ra ṣṭāśraṃ prāsādaṃ drāviḍaṃ bhavet |
śayane tu muniśreṣṭha gopurākṛtirucyate || 27 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 34.27 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 (34.27). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Kantha, Prasada, Dravida, Muni, Shreshtha, Gopura, Akriti, Ucyat,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 34.27). 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: “kaṇṭhātprabhṛti ra ṣṭāśraṃ prāsādaṃ drāviḍaṃ bhavet ”
- kaṇṭhāt -
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kaṇṭha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]
- prabhṛti -
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prabhṛti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- ra -
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ra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- Cannot analyse ṣṭāśram*pr
- prāsādam -
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prāsāda (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- drāviḍam -
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drāviḍa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]drāviḍa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]drāviḍā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- bhavet -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- Line 2: “ śayane tu muniśreṣṭha gopurākṛtirucyate ”
- Cannot analyse *śayane*tu
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- muni -
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muni (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]muni (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]munī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]mū (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- śreṣṭha -
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śreṣṭha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]śreṣṭha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- gopurā -
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gopura (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]gopura (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]gopurā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ākṛtir -
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ākṛti (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ākṛti (noun, masculine)[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]