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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 39.284
स्थापयेत् सात्त्वतेनाथ विधिना पूजयेद्धरिम् ।
तस्मात् सर्वप्रयत्नेन हित्वा रौद्रं तु तत्क्षणात् ॥ 284 ॥
sthāpayet sāttvatenātha vidhinā pūjayeddharim |
tasmāt sarvaprayatnena hitvā raudraṃ tu tatkṣaṇāt || 284 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 39.284 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 (39.284). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Sattvata, Atha, Vidhi, Hari, Sarvaprayatna, Hitva, Hitvan, Raudram, Raudra, Tatkshana,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 39.284). 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: “sthāpayet sāttvatenātha vidhinā pūjayeddharim ”
- sthāpayet -
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√sthā (verb class 0)[optative active third single]
- sāttvatenā -
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sāttvata (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]sāttvata (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- atha -
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atha (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- vidhinā -
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vidhi (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]vidhī (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- pūjayeddh -
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√pūj (verb class 10)[optative active third single]
- harim -
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hari (noun, masculine)[accusative single]hari (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- Line 2: “ tasmāt sarvaprayatnena hitvā raudraṃ tu tatkṣaṇāt ”
- Cannot analyse *tasmāt*sa
- sarvaprayatnena -
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sarvaprayatna (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- hitvā -
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hitvā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]√dhā -> hitvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √dhā]√dhā -> hitvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √dhā]√dhā -> hitvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √dhā]√dhā -> hitvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √dhā]√hi -> hitvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √hi]hitvan (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- raudram -
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raudram (indeclinable)[indeclinable]raudra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]raudra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]raudrā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- tatkṣaṇāt -
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tatkṣaṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]