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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 34.60
ब्राह्मणः क्षत्रियो वापि वैश्यः शूद्रोऽथ एव वा ।
तक्षको वा मुनिश्रेष्ठ यथाशास्त्रानुसारतः ॥ 60 ॥
brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyo vāpi vaiśyaḥ śūdro'tha eva vā |
takṣako vā muniśreṣṭha yathāśāstrānusārataḥ || 60 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 34.60 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 (34.60). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Brahmana, Kshatriya, Vapi, Vapin, Vaishya, Shudra, Atha, Eva, Var, Muni, Shreshtha, Yatha, Shastranusara, Tas,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyo vāpi vaiśyaḥ śūdro'tha eva vā ”
- brāhmaṇaḥ -
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brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- kṣatriyo* -
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kṣatriya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- vāpi -
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vāpi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]vāpī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]vāpin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]vāpin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- vaiśyaḥ -
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vaiśya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- śūdro' -
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śūdra (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- atha -
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atha (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- eva -
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eva (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]eva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]eva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vā -
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vā (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- Line 2: “ takṣako vā muniśreṣṭha yathāśāstrānusārataḥ ”
- Cannot analyse *takṣako*vā
- vā* -
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vār (noun, masculine)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]vār (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]va (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- 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]
- yathā -
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yathā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]yathā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- śāstrānusāra -
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śāstrānusāra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- taḥ -
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tas (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ta (noun, masculine)[nominative single]