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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 20.40
क्रियते चाङ्गुलिस्फोटः सा मात्रा परिकीर्तितः ।
तथा द्वादशमात्राभिः पूरकं क्रियते क्रमात् ॥ 40 ॥
kriyate cāṅgulisphoṭaḥ sā mātrā parikīrtitaḥ |
tathā dvādaśamātrābhiḥ pūrakaṃ kriyate kramāt || 40 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.40 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 (20.40). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Kriyat, Anguli, Sphota, Matri, Matra, Parikirtita, Dvadashamatra, Puraka, Kramat, Krama,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.40). 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: “kriyate cāṅgulisphoṭaḥ sā mātrā parikīrtitaḥ ”
- kriyate -
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√kṛ -> kriyat (participle, masculine)[dative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]√kṛ -> kriyat (participle, neuter)[dative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]√kṛ (verb class 1)[present passive third single]√kṛ (verb class 2)[present passive third single]√kṛ (verb class 5)[present passive third single]√kṛ (verb class 8)[present passive third single]√kṛ (verb class 3)[present passive third single]√kṛ (verb class 6)[present middle third single], [present passive third single]
- cā -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]cā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- aṅguli -
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aṅguli (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]aṅgulī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- sphoṭaḥ -
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sphoṭa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- sā* -
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so (noun, feminine)[accusative plural]
- mātrā -
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mātṛ (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]mātrā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]mātṛ (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- parikīrtitaḥ -
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parikīrtita (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “ tathā dvādaśamātrābhiḥ pūrakaṃ kriyate kramāt ”
- Cannot analyse *tathā*dv
- dvādaśamātrābhiḥ -
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dvādaśamātrā (noun, feminine)[instrumental plural]
- pūrakam -
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pūraka (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]pūraka (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]pūrakā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- kriyate -
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√kṛ -> kriyat (participle, masculine)[dative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]√kṛ -> kriyat (participle, neuter)[dative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]√kṛ (verb class 1)[present passive third single]√kṛ (verb class 2)[present passive third single]√kṛ (verb class 5)[present passive third single]√kṛ (verb class 8)[present passive third single]√kṛ (verb class 3)[present passive third single]√kṛ (verb class 6)[present middle third single], [present passive third single]
- kramāt -
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kramāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]krama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]