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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 39.242
स्नपनं चार्चनं तस्मिन्नकृतं चेत्तु नारद ।
तदूर्ध्वं द्वादशाहादर्वाक् प्रायश्चित्तं विधीयते ॥ 242 ॥
snapanaṃ cārcanaṃ tasminnakṛtaṃ cettu nārada |
tadūrdhvaṃ dvādaśāhādarvāk prāyaścittaṃ vidhīyate || 242 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 39.242 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 (39.242). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Snapana, Arcana, Tad, Akrita, Narada, Dvadashaha, Arvak, Arvac, Prayashcitta, Vidh, Vidhi, Iyat, Iyata,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “snapanaṃ cārcanaṃ tasminnakṛtaṃ cettu nārada ”
- snapanam -
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snapana (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]snapana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative 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]
- arcanam -
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arcana (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]arcana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]arcanā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- tasminn -
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tad (noun, neuter)[locative single]sa (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- akṛtam -
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akṛta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]akṛta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]akṛtā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√kṛ (verb class 1)[aorist active second dual]√kṛ (verb class 2)[imperfect active second dual], [aorist active second dual]√kṛ (verb class 5)[aorist active second dual]√kṛ (verb class 8)[aorist active second dual]
- cettu -
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√cit (verb class 2)[imperative active third single]
- nārada -
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nārada (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]nārada (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- Line 2: “ tadūrdhvaṃ dvādaśāhādarvāk prāyaścittaṃ vidhīyate ”
- Cannot analyse *tadūrdhvam*dv
- dvādaśāhād -
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dvādaśāha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]dvādaśāha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- arvāk -
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arvāk (indeclinable)[indeclinable]arvāc (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single]
- prāyaścittam -
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prāyaścitta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]prāyaścitta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]prāyaścittā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- vidhī -
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vidhi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]vidhi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]vidhī (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]vidhī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]vidhī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]vidh (noun, masculine)[locative single]vidh (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- iyate -
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iyat (noun, masculine)[dative single]iyat (noun, neuter)[dative single]iyatā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√i (verb class 2)[present middle third plural]