Brihatsamhita, Bṛhatsaṃhitā, Brihat-samhita: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Bṛhatsaṃhitā can be transliterated into English as Brhatsamhita or Brihatsamhita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Bṛhatsaṃhitā (बृहत्संहिता) by Varāhamihira (C. 550 C.E.) incorporates many subjects of many disciplines and presents them in a unique way. The purpose of Varāhamihira is to illustrate all branches of learning and thus names his work as Bṛhatsaṃhitā: a big collection. Out of chapters, the 104th Chapter deals with the metres of Sanskrit.
Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Bṛhatsaṃhitā (बृहत्संहिता).—Name of a work on astrology by Varāhamihira.
Bṛhatsaṃhitā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bṛhat and saṃhitā (संहिता).
Bṛhatsaṃhitā (बृहत्संहिता).—[feminine] T. of a work.
1) Bṛhatsaṃhitā (बृहत्संहिता) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—[dharma] by Vyāsa. B. 3, 112.
2) Bṛhatsaṃhitā (बृहत्संहिता):—jy. by Varāhamihira. [Mackenzie Collection] 120. Io. 590. W. p. 238. Cambr. 61 ([fragmentary]). Paris. (B 188). L. 1491. K. 242. Kh. Vi. 74. B. 4, 194. Report. Xxxv. Ben. 30. Bik. 346. Kāṭm. 10 (and—[commentary]). Pheh. 9. Rādh. 36. Oudh. X, 10. Xiii, 60. Xiv, 56. Xix, 66. Np. V, 2 (and—[commentary]). Viii, 54. 56. Burnell. 77^b. Oppert. 7343. Ii, 6416.
—[commentary] Rādh. 43.
—[commentary] Parimalasamā. B. 4, 194.
—[commentary] by Kumāratanaya Yogin. [Mackenzie Collection] 121.
—[commentary] by Bhaṭṭotpala. Io. 1798. W. p. 252. Oxf. 328^a. Cambr. 61 ([fragmentary]). L. 590. 1491. Ben. 30. Pheh. 9. Rādh. 36. NW. 526. Oudh. Iii, 14. Xiv, 56. Np. I, 142. Ii, 112. V, 92. Viii, 54. 56. Burnell. 77^b. Bhk. 35. Poona. 305.
—[commentary] by Mathurānātha Śukla. NW. 552.
—[commentary] by Viśvanātha. Oudh. Vii, 4. Bṛhatsaṃhitāyām Puruṣalakṣaṇa and Strīlakṣaṇa. Io. 2219.
3) Bṛhatsaṃhitā (बृहत्संहिता):—by Varāhamihira. Devīpr. 79, 14. Io. 590. 812. 1940. 2219. 2294. Oudh. Xx, 134. 136.
—[commentary] by Bhaṭṭotpala. Devīpr. 79, 14. Io. 891-93. 1798. 1871. 2171. Oudh. Xx, 136. Rgb. 834. Stein 167.
4) Bṛhatsaṃhitā (बृहत्संहिता):—by Varāhamihira. Ulwar 1960.
—[commentary] by Bhaṭṭotpala. ibid.
5) Bṛhatsaṃhitā (बृहत्संहिता):—by Varāhamihira. As p. 118 (2 Mss.). Bc 184. Bd. 852. L.. 988 ([fragmentary]). Peters. 5, 519 (inc.). Whish 72 (3, 1-26, 8). C. by Bhaṭṭotpala. As p. 118. Bd. 852. Whish 72 (3, 1-26, 8).
1) Bṛhatsaṃhitā (बृहत्संहिता):—[=bṛhat-saṃhitā] [from bṛhat > bṛṃh] f. ‘the great composition’, Name of an astrological [work] by Varāha-mihira
2) [v.s. ...] of a philos. [work]
3) [v.s. ...] of a Dharma.
Bṛhatsaṃhitā (बृहत्संहिता):—[(bṛhant + saṃ)] f. die ausführliche Zusammenstellung, Titel eines von Varāhamihira verfassten astronomisch-astrologischen Werkes, herausgegeben in der Bibl. ind. von [Dr. Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi KERN.]
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Bṛhatsaṃhitā (बृहत्संहिता):—auch Titel eines philosophischen Werkes [SARVADARŚANAS. 73, 4.]
Bṛhatsaṃhitā (बृहत्संहिता):—f. Titel eines astronomisch-astrologischen und eines philosophischen Werkes , sowie auch eines Dharma.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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