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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 20.109
तामसं राजसं चैव सात्विकं च यथाक्रमम् ।
तामसं कृष्णरूपं तु राजसं रक्तरूपकम् ॥ 109 ॥
tāmasaṃ rājasaṃ caiva sātvikaṃ ca yathākramam |
tāmasaṃ kṛṣṇarūpaṃ tu rājasaṃ raktarūpakam || 109 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.109 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 (20.109). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Tamasa, Rajasa, Satvika, Yatha, Akramam, Akrama, Krishnarupa, Rakta, Rupaka,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.109). 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: “tāmasaṃ rājasaṃ caiva sātvikaṃ ca yathākramam ”
- tāmasam -
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tāmasa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]tāmasa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- rājasam -
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rājasa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]rājasa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]rājasā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- cai -
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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]
- aiva -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active first dual]
- sātvikam -
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sātvika (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sātvika (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- yathā -
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yathā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]yathā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- akramam -
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akramam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]akrama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]akrama (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]akramā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√kram (verb class 1)[imperfect active first single], [aorist active first single]√kram (verb class 4)[aorist active first single]
- Line 2: “ tāmasaṃ kṛṣṇarūpaṃ tu rājasaṃ raktarūpakam ”
- Cannot analyse *tāmasam*kṛ
- kṛṣṇarūpam -
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kṛṣṇarūpa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kṛṣṇarūpa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- rājasam -
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rājasa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]rājasa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]rājasā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- rakta -
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rakta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]rakta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√rag -> rakta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √rag class 1 verb]√rag -> rakta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √rag class 1 verb]√raj -> rakta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √raj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √raj class 4 verb]√raj -> rakta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √raj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √raj class 4 verb]√rañj -> rakta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √rañj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √rañj class 4 verb]√rañj -> rakta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √rañj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √rañj class 4 verb]
- rūpakam -
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rūpaka (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]rūpaka (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]rūpakā (noun, feminine)[adverb]