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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 37.5
मया पृष्टः पुरा प्राह महाविष्णुर्जगन्मयः ।
साधकानां हितार्थाय चतुःषष्टिप्रभेदतः ॥ 5 ॥
mayā pṛṣṭaḥ purā prāha mahāviṣṇurjaganmayaḥ |
sādhakānāṃ hitārthāya catuḥṣaṣṭiprabhedataḥ || 5 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 37.5 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 (37.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Maya, Asmad, Prishta, Pura, Pur, Praha, Mahavishnu, Jaganmaya, Hita, Artha, Catuhshashti, Prabheda, Tas,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 37.5). 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: “mayā pṛṣṭaḥ purā prāha mahāviṣṇurjaganmayaḥ ”
- mayā -
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mā (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]mayā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[instrumental single]
- pṛṣṭaḥ -
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pṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√pṛṣ -> pṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √pṛṣ class 1 verb]√praś -> pṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √praś class 6 verb]
- purā -
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purā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]pur (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]purā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- prāha -
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prāha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- mahāviṣṇur -
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mahāviṣṇu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- jaganmayaḥ -
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jaganmaya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “ sādhakānāṃ hitārthāya catuḥṣaṣṭiprabhedataḥ ”
- Cannot analyse *sādhakānām*hi
- hitā -
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hita (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]hita (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]hitā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√hi -> hita (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √hi class 5 verb]√hi -> hita (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √hi class 5 verb]√hi -> hitā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √hi class 5 verb]
- arthāya -
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artha (noun, masculine)[dative single]artha (noun, neuter)[dative single]
- catuḥṣaṣṭi -
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catuḥṣaṣṭi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]catuḥṣaṣṭī (noun, masculine)[adverb]catuḥṣaṣṭī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]catuḥṣaṣṭī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- prabheda -
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prabheda (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]