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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 4.8
या पुष्पवनसंकीर्णा जलाशयसमायु ता ।
सा क्षितिर्वारुणी ज्ञेया शिला तत्र तु वारुणी ॥ 8 ॥
yā puṣpavanasaṃkīrṇā jalāśayasamāyu tā |
sā kṣitirvāruṇī jñeyā śilā tatra tu vāruṇī || 8 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 4.8 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:
Buy now! English translation by Swami Harshananda (2002)
Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (4.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Pushpavana, Sankirna, Jalashaya, Sama, Ayu, Tan, Kshiti, Varuni, Jneya, Shila, Tatra,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 4.8). 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: “yā puṣpavanasaṃkīrṇā jalāśayasamāyu tā ”
- yā -
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yā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single]
- puṣpavana -
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puṣpavana (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- saṅkīrṇā* -
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saṅkīrṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]saṅkīrṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- jalāśaya -
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jalāśaya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]jalāśaya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- samā -
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sama (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sama (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]samā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√sam (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- āyu -
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āyu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]āyu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]āyu (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- tā -
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tā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]tan (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “ sā kṣitirvāruṇī jñeyā śilā tatra tu vāruṇī ”
- Cannot analyse *sā*kṣ
- kṣitir -
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kṣiti (noun, feminine)[nominative single]kṣiti (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- vāruṇī -
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vāruṇī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]vāruṇi (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]vāruṇi (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- jñeyā -
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jñeyā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√jñā -> jñeyā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [nominative single from √jñā class 9 verb]
- śilā -
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śilā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- tatra -
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tatra (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tatra (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tatra (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- vāruṇī -
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vāruṇī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]vāruṇi (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]vāruṇi (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]