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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 20.254
कलमादीनि सर्वाणि शेषाङ्गं मर्दयेद्बुधः ।
वामहस्तेन मन्त्रज्ञः पुष्पं गृह्य समाहितः ॥ 254 ॥
kalamādīni sarvāṇi śeṣāṅgaṃ mardayedbudhaḥ |
vāmahastena mantrajñaḥ puṣpaṃ gṛhya samāhitaḥ || 254 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.254 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 (20.254). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Kalama, Sarva, Sarvani, Shesha, Anga, Budha, Budh, Mantrajna, Pushpa, Grihya, Samahita,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “kalamādīni sarvāṇi śeṣāṅgaṃ mardayedbudhaḥ ”
- kalamād -
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kalama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]
- ī -
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ī (noun, feminine)[compound]ī (noun, masculine)[compound]i (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- ni -
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ni (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]ni (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ni (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]nī (noun, masculine)[adverb]nī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]nī (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- sarvāṇi -
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sarvāṇī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]sarva (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- śeṣā -
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śeṣa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]śeṣa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]śeṣā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√śaṣ (verb class 1)[perfect active second plural]√śiṣ (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- aṅgam -
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aṅga (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]aṅga (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- mardayed -
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√mṛd (verb class 0)[optative active third single]
- budhaḥ -
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budha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]budh (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]budh (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- Line 2: “ vāmahastena mantrajñaḥ puṣpaṃ gṛhya samāhitaḥ ”
- Cannot analyse *vāmahastena*ma
- mantrajñaḥ -
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mantrajña (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- puṣpam -
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puṣpa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]puṣpa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]puṣpā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- gṛhya -
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gṛhya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]gṛhya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√grah -> gṛhya (absolutive)[absolutive from √grah]√grah -> gṛhya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √grah class 9 verb]√grah -> gṛhya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √grah class 9 verb]
- samāhitaḥ -
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samāhita (noun, masculine)[nominative single]