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Visvamitra-samhita [sanskrit]
20,660 words | ISBN-13: 9788179070383
The Sanskrit text of the Visvamitra-samhita, an ancient text belonging to the Pancaratra tradition. Visvamitrasamhita is noted for listing authoritative Pancaratra works and the benefits obtained by chanting Lord Hari’s name. Alternative titles: Viśvāmitrasaṃhitā (विश्वामित्रसंहिता), Viśvāmitra-saṃhitā (विश्वामित्र-संहिता), Vishvamitrasamhita, Vishvamitra.
Verse 22.20
गृहीत्वा लक्षणोपेतां शिलां होमं प्रकल्पयेत् ।
पुंस्त्रीनपुंसकाख्या च शिला च त्रिविधा मता ॥ 20 ॥
gṛhītvā lakṣaṇopetāṃ śilāṃ homaṃ prakalpayet |
puṃstrīnapuṃsakākhyā ca śilā ca trividhā matā || 20 ||
The English translation of Visvamitra-samhita Verse 22.20 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
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Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “gṛhītvā lakṣaṇopetāṃ śilāṃ homaṃ prakalpayet ”
- gṛhītvā -
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gṛhītvā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]√grah -> gṛhītvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √grah]
- lakṣaṇopetā -
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lakṣaṇopeta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]lakṣaṇopeta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- am -
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a (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ā (noun, feminine)[adverb]e (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- śilām -
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śilā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- homam -
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homa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- pra -
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pra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]pra (Preverb)[Preverb]
- kalpayet -
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√kḷp (verb class 0)[optative active third single]
- Line 2: “ puṃstrīnapuṃsakākhyā ca śilā ca trividhā matā ”
- Cannot analyse *puṃstrīnapuṃsakākhyā*ca
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- śilā -
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śilā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- trividhā* -
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trividha (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]trividhā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- matā -
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matā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√man -> matā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √man class 4 verb], [nominative single from √man class 8 verb]