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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 11.291
नागयज्ञोपवीताङ्गं श्वेताम्बरसमन्वितम् ।
शङ्खचक्रसमायुक्तं वरदं रशनाङ्कुशम् ॥ 291 ॥
nāgayajñopavītāṅgaṃ śvetāmbarasamanvitam |
śaṅkhacakrasamāyuktaṃ varadaṃ raśanāṅkuśam || 291 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 11.291 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 (11.291). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Nagayajnopavita, Anga, Shvetambara, Samanvita, Varada, Rashana, Ankusha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 11.291). 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: “nāgayajñopavītāṅgaṃ śvetāmbarasamanvitam ”
- nāgayajñopavītā -
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nāgayajñopavīta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- aṅgam -
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aṅga (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]aṅga (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- śvetāmbara -
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śvetāmbara (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]śvetāmbara (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- samanvitam -
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samanvita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]samanvita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]samanvitā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “ śaṅkhacakrasamāyuktaṃ varadaṃ raśanāṅkuśam ”
- Cannot analyse *śaṅkhacakrasamāyuktam*va
- varadam -
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varada (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]varada (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]varadā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- raśanā -
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raśana (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]raśana (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]raśanā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- aṅkuśam -
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aṅkuśa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]aṅkuśa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]aṅkuśā (noun, feminine)[adverb]