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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 38.60
बन्धयेत् कौतुकं पश्चात् पूर्वोक्तेन विधानतः ।
रात्रौ होमः प्रकर्तव्यः जलसंप्रोक्षणं दिवा ॥ 60 ॥
bandhayet kautukaṃ paścāt pūrvoktena vidhānataḥ |
rātrau homaḥ prakartavyaḥ jalasaṃprokṣaṇaṃ divā || 60 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 38.60 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 (38.60). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Kautuka, Pashcat, Pashca, Purvokta, Vidhanatah, Vidhanatas, Homa, Prakartavya, Jala, Samprokshana, Diva, Div, Divan,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 38.60). 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: “bandhayet kautukaṃ paścāt pūrvoktena vidhānataḥ ”
- bandhayet -
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√bandh (verb class 0)[optative active third single]
- kautukam -
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kautuka (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- paścāt -
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paścāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]paśca (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]paśca (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- pūrvoktena -
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pūrvokta (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]pūrvokta (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- vidhānataḥ -
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vidhānataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]vidhānatas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- Line 2: “ rātrau homaḥ prakartavyaḥ jalasaṃprokṣaṇaṃ divā ”
- Cannot analyse *rātrau*ho
- homaḥ -
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homa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- prakartavyaḥ -
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prakartavya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- jala -
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jala (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]jala (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√jal (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- samprokṣaṇam -
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samprokṣaṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]samprokṣaṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- divā -
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divā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]div (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]divan (noun, masculine)[nominative single]divā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]