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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 39.248
अधमोत्तममार्गेण देवेशं स्नापयेत्ततः ।
ब्राह्मणान् भोजयेत् पश्चात् पुण्याहं वाचयेत्ततः ॥ 248 ॥
adhamottamamārgeṇa deveśaṃ snāpayettataḥ |
brāhmaṇān bhojayet paścāt puṇyāhaṃ vācayettataḥ || 248 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 39.248 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 (39.248). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Adhamottama, Arga, Devesha, Sna, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Pashcat, Pashca, Punyaha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 39.248). 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: “adhamottamamārgeṇa deveśaṃ snāpayettataḥ ”
- adhamottamam -
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adhamottama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]adhamottama (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- ā -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- argeṇa -
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arga (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- deveśam -
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deveśa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- snā -
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snā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- āpayet -
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√āp (verb class 0)[optative active third single]√i (verb class 0)[optative active third single]
- tataḥ -
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tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]tata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]sa (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
- Line 2: “ brāhmaṇān bhojayet paścāt puṇyāhaṃ vācayettataḥ ”
- Cannot analyse *brāhmaṇān*bh
- bhojayet -
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√bhuj (verb class 0)[optative active third single]
- paścāt -
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paścāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]paśca (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]paśca (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- puṇyāham -
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puṇyāha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- vācayet -
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√vac (verb class 0)[optative active third single]
- tataḥ -
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tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]tata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]sa (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]