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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 24.1
चतुर्विंशोऽध्यायः ।
विष्वक्सेनः ।
अथ वक्ष्ये विशेषेण विष्णोराराधनं मुने ।
जलगन्धादिसंस्कारविधिं गुह्यमनुत्तमम् ॥ 1 ॥
caturviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ |
viṣvaksenaḥ |
atha vakṣye viśeṣeṇa viṣṇorārādhanaṃ mune |
jalagandhādisaṃskāravidhiṃ guhyamanuttamam || 1 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 24.1 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 (24.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Caturvimsha, Adhyaya, Vishvaksena, Vakshya, Vishesha, Vishnoraradhana, Muni, Guhyam, Guhya, Guhi, Anuttama,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 24.1). 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: “caturviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ”
- caturviṃśo' -
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caturviṃśa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- adhyāyaḥ -
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adhyāya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√dhyā (verb class 1)[imperfect active second single]
- Line 2: “viṣvaksenaḥ ”
- viṣvaksenaḥ -
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viṣvaksena (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 3: “ atha vakṣye viśeṣeṇa viṣṇorārādhanaṃ mune ”
- Cannot analyse *atha*va
- vakṣye -
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√vakṣ -> vakṣya (participle, masculine)[locative single from √vakṣ class 1 verb], [locative single from √vakṣ]√vakṣ -> vakṣya (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √vakṣ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √vakṣ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √vakṣ class 1 verb], [locative single from √vakṣ class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √vakṣ], [vocative dual from √vakṣ], [accusative dual from √vakṣ], [locative single from √vakṣ]√vakṣ -> vakṣyā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √vakṣ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vakṣ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √vakṣ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √vakṣ class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √vakṣ], [vocative single from √vakṣ], [vocative dual from √vakṣ], [accusative dual from √vakṣ]√vah (verb class 1)[future middle first single]√vakṣ (verb class 1)[present passive first single]√vakṣ (verb class 0)[present passive first single]
- viśeṣeṇa -
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viśeṣa (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]viśeṣa (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- viṣṇorārādhanam -
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viṣṇorārādhana (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]viṣṇorārādhana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- mune -
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muni (noun, masculine)[vocative single]mū (noun, neuter)[dative single]
- Line 4: “ jalagandhādisaṃskāravidhiṃ guhyamanuttamam ”
- Cannot analyse *jalagandhādisaṃskāravidhim*gu
- guhyam -
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guhyam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]guhya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]guhya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]guhyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√guh -> guhya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √guh class 1 verb]√guh -> guhya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √guh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √guh class 1 verb]guhī (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- anuttamam -
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anuttama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]anuttama (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]anuttamā (noun, feminine)[adverb]