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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 3.36
विश्वाय विश्वरूपाय स्वप्नाधिपतये नमः ।
रक्षः पिशाचा नागाश्च येऽत्र तिष्ठन्ति नित्यशः ॥ 36 ॥
viśvāya viśvarūpāya svapnādhipataye namaḥ |
rakṣaḥ piśācā nāgāśca ye'tra tiṣṭhanti nityaśaḥ || 36 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 3.36 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 (3.36). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Vishva, Aya, Vishvarupa, Svapna, Adhipati, Nama, Namas, Pishaca, Naga, Yah, Yat, Atra, Tishthat, Tishthanti, Nityashah,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 3.36). 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: “viśvāya viśvarūpāya svapnādhipataye namaḥ ”
- viśvā -
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viśva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]viśva (noun, masculine)[vocative single]viśvā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- aya -
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aya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]e (noun, masculine)[compound]
- viśvarūpāya -
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viśvarūpa (noun, masculine)[dative single]viśvarūpa (noun, neuter)[dative single]
- svapnā -
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svapna (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]svapna (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]svapnā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- adhipataye -
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adhipati (noun, masculine)[dative single]
- namaḥ -
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namas (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]namas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]nama (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “ rakṣaḥ piśācā nāgāśca ye'tra tiṣṭhanti nityaśaḥ ”
- Cannot analyse *rakṣaḥ*pi
- piśācā* -
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piśāca (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]piśācā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- nāgāś -
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nāga (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]nāgā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ye' -
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ya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- atra -
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atra (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]atra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]atra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- tiṣṭhanti -
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tiṣṭhantī (noun, masculine)[adverb]tiṣṭhantī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]tiṣṭhantī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, neuter)[nominative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √sthā class 1 verb]√sthā -> tiṣṭhantī (participle, feminine)[vocative single from √sthā class 1 verb]√sthā (verb class 1)[present active third plural]
- nityaśaḥ -
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nityaśaḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]