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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 6.14
पञ्चवर्णा इमे प्रोक्ताः पृथिव्याद्यधिदेवताः ।
उत्तमा धातुजा प्रोक्ता मध्यमा वृक्षसंभवा ॥ 14 ॥
pañcavarṇā ime proktāḥ pṛthivyādyadhidevatāḥ |
uttamā dhātujā proktā madhyamā vṛkṣasaṃbhavā || 14 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 6.14 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 (6.14). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Pancavarna, Iyam, Idam, Prokta, Prithivi, Adi, Adya, Adin, Adhidevata, Dhatuja, Madhyama, Vriksha, Sambhava,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 6.14). 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: “pañcavarṇā ime proktāḥ pṛthivyādyadhidevatāḥ ”
- pañcavarṇā* -
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pañcavarṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]pañcavarṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- ime -
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iyam (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]idam (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]idam (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]idam (pronoun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- proktāḥ -
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prokta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]proktā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- pṛthivyā -
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pṛthivi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]pṛthivī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single]
- ādya -
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ādi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]ādi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ādi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]ādya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ādya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]ādin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]ādin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√ad -> ādya (participle, masculine)[compound from √ad]√ad -> ādya (participle, neuter)[compound from √ad]√ad -> ādya (absolutive)[absolutive from √ad]√ad -> ādya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √ad]√ad -> ādya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √ad]
- adhidevatāḥ -
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adhidevatā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- Line 2: “ uttamā dhātujā proktā madhyamā vṛkṣasaṃbhavā ”
- Cannot analyse *uttamā*dh
- dhātujā -
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dhātujā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- proktā* -
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prokta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]proktā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- madhyamā* -
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madhyama (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]madhyamā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- vṛkṣa -
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vṛkṣa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]√vṛkṣ (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- sambhavā -
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sambhavā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]