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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 38.58
प्रोक्षयेन्मूलमन्त्रेण तत्सूत्रं तु पुनः पुनः ।
रात्रौ महोत्सवं कुर्यात् शङ्खतूर्यादिनिस्वनैः ॥ 58 ॥
prokṣayenmūlamantreṇa tatsūtraṃ tu punaḥ punaḥ |
rātrau mahotsavaṃ kuryāt śaṅkhatūryādinisvanaiḥ || 58 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 38.58 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 (38.58). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Proksha, Yah, Yat, Mulamantra, Tat, Tad, Sutra, Puna, Mahotsava, Shankha, Tur, Turi, Turya, Adi, Adin, Adini, Svana,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 38.58). 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: “prokṣayenmūlamantreṇa tatsūtraṃ tu punaḥ punaḥ ”
- prokṣa -
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prokṣa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- ye -
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yā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]ya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [accusative dual]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- īn -
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i (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- mūlamantreṇa -
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mūlamantra (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- tat -
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tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- sūtram -
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sūtra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- punaḥ -
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pu (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]puna (noun, masculine)[nominative single]pū (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- punaḥ -
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pu (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]puna (noun, masculine)[nominative single]pū (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- Line 2: “ rātrau mahotsavaṃ kuryāt śaṅkhatūryādinisvanaiḥ ”
- Cannot analyse *rātrau*ma
- mahotsavam -
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mahotsava (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- kuryāt -
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√kṛ (verb class 8)[optative active third single]
- śaṅkha -
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śaṅkha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]śaṅkha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- tūryā -
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tūrī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single]tūrya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tūrya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√tvar -> tūrya (absolutive)[absolutive from √tvar]tūr (noun, masculine)[locative single]tūr (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tūryā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ādini -
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ādinī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]ādi (noun, neuter)[locative single]ādin (noun, masculine)[locative single]ādin (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- svanaiḥ -
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svana (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]svana (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]