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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 16.24
प्राणायामान् क्रमात् कृत्वा प्रणवेनैव देशिकः ।
सृष्टिन्यासं स्थितिन्यासं संहृतिन्यासमेव च ॥ 24 ॥
prāṇāyāmān kramāt kṛtvā praṇavenaiva deśikaḥ |
sṛṣṭinyāsaṃ sthitinyāsaṃ saṃhṛtinyāsameva ca || 24 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 16.24 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 (16.24). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Pranayama, Kramat, Krama, Kritva, Kritvan, Pranava, Deshika, Sthiti, Asa, Nyasa, Eva,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 16.24). 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: “prāṇāyāmān kramāt kṛtvā praṇavenaiva deśikaḥ ”
- prāṇāyāmān -
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prāṇāyāma (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- kramāt -
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kramāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]krama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]
- kṛtvā -
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kṛtvā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]kṛtvan (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- praṇavenai -
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praṇava (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- aiva -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active first dual]
- deśikaḥ -
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deśika (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “ sṛṣṭinyāsaṃ sthitinyāsaṃ saṃhṛtinyāsameva ca ”
- Cannot analyse *sṛṣṭinyāsam*st
- sthitinyā -
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sthitī (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- āsam -
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āsa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]āsa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]√as -> āsam (absolutive)[absolutive from √as]√as (verb class 2)[imperfect active first single]
- saṃhṛti -
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saṃhṛti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- nyāsam -
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nyāsa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- eva -
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eva (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]eva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]eva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]