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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 36.136
दिग्दलाष्टघटे विद्वान् तत्तन्मन्त्रेण चानयेत् ।
पूर्ववद्बलिदानं तु कारेयन्मन्त्रवित्तमः ॥ 136 ॥
digdalāṣṭaghaṭe vidvān tattanmantreṇa cānayet |
pūrvavadbalidānaṃ tu kāreyanmantravittamaḥ || 136 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 36.136 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 (36.136). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Dish, Dala, Ghata, Ghati, Vidvas, Tat, Tad, Tanman, Tra, Kara, Kari, Iyat, Mantravid, Tama, Tamas,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “digdalāṣṭaghaṭe vidvān tattanmantreṇa cānayet ”
- dig -
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diś (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
- dalāṣ -
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dala (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- ṭa -
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ṭa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ṭa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ghaṭe -
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ghaṭa (noun, masculine)[locative single]ghaṭa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]ghaṭā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]ghaṭi (noun, feminine)[vocative single]√ghaṭ (verb class 1)[present middle first single]
- vidvān -
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vidvas (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√vid -> vidvas (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √vid class 2 verb]
- tat -
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tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- tanman -
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tanman (noun, neuter)[vocative single]
- treṇa -
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tra (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]tra (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- cā -
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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]
- ānayet -
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√an (verb class 0)[optative active third single]
- Line 2: “ pūrvavadbalidānaṃ tu kāreyanmantravittamaḥ ”
- Cannot analyse *pūrvavadbalidānam*tu
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- kāre -
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kāra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]kāra (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]kārā (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]kāri (noun, feminine)[vocative single]kāri (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- iyan -
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iyat (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]iyat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- mantravit -
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mantravid (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]mantravid (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- tamaḥ -
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tamas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]tama (noun, masculine)[nominative single]