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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 10.48
कर्मार्चायाः प्रमाणं वा कुर्याद्वा लक्षणं भवेत् ।
उक्तैर्लोहैः कृता पुण्यानुक्तैर्लोहैः कृताशुभा ॥ 48 ॥
karmārcāyāḥ pramāṇaṃ vā kuryādvā lakṣaṇaṃ bhavet |
uktairlohaiḥ kṛtā puṇyānuktairlohaiḥ kṛtāśubhā || 48 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 10.48 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 (10.48). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Karman, Arca, Pramana, Var, Lakshana, Krit, Krita, Punya, Ukta, Loha, Ashubha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 10.48). 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: “karmārcāyāḥ pramāṇaṃ vā kuryādvā lakṣaṇaṃ bhavet ”
- karmā -
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karman (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- arcāyāḥ -
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arcā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- pramāṇam -
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pramāṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]pramāṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- vā -
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vā (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- kuryād -
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√kṛ (verb class 8)[optative active third single]
- vā* -
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vār (noun, masculine)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]vār (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]va (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- lakṣaṇam -
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lakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]lakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]lakṣaṇā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- bhavet -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- Line 2: “ uktairlohaiḥ kṛtā puṇyānuktairlohaiḥ kṛtāśubhā ”
- Cannot analyse *uktairlohaiḥ*kṛ
- kṛtā -
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kṛt (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]kṛt (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]kṛtā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√kṛ -> kṛtā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
- puṇyān -
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puṇya (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]√puṇ -> puṇya (participle, masculine)[accusative plural from √puṇ class 10 verb]
- uktair -
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ukta (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]ukta (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]√vac -> ukta (participle, masculine)[instrumental plural from √vac class 2 verb], [instrumental plural from √vac class 3 verb]√vac -> ukta (participle, neuter)[instrumental plural from √vac class 2 verb], [instrumental plural from √vac class 3 verb]
- lohaiḥ -
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loha (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]loha (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- kṛtā -
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kṛta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]kṛta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]kṛt (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]kṛt (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]kṛtā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]√kṛ -> kṛtā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]√kṛ (verb class 1)[injunctive middle third single]√kṛ (verb class 2)[imperative active second plural], [injunctive middle third single]√kṛ (verb class 5)[injunctive middle third single]√kṛ (verb class 8)[injunctive middle third single]
- aśubhā -
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aśubhā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]