Bhavishya Purana [sanskrit]

245,265 words

This Sanskrit edition of the Bhavishya Purana. It is one of the traditional eighteen Mahapuranas presented as an encyclopedia of ancient Indian history and knowledge. The Bhavishyapurana contains 4 books and over 26,000 Sanskrit verses. It is famous for detailing the history and legends of ancient times as well as future times, narrating the genealogy of the kings and sages. The last part is considered an independent work known as the Bhavishyottara-Purana.

Verse 1.4.161

ब्राह्मणस्य महाबाहो कर्म यत्समुदाहृतम् ।
राजन्यवैश्ययोर्नैतत्पण्डितैः कुरुनन्दन ॥ १६१ ॥

brāhmaṇasya mahābāho karma yatsamudāhṛtam |
rājanyavaiśyayornaitatpaṇḍitaiḥ kurunandana || 161 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 1.4.161 is contained in the book Bhavishya Purana: Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation by S. N. Khandelwal. 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 (1.4.161). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahmana, Mahabahu, Karman, Yat, Yad, Samudahrita, Rajanya, Vaishya, Nri, Etad, Pandita, Kurunandana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.4.161). 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: “brāhmaṇasya mahābāho karma yatsamudāhṛtam
  • brāhmaṇasya -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • mahābāho -
  • mahābāhu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    mahābāhu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • karma -
  • karman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • yat -
  • yat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • samudāhṛtam -
  • samudāhṛta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    samudāhṛta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    samudāhṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “rājanyavaiśyayornaitatpaṇḍitaiḥ kurunandana
  • rājanya -
  • rājanya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    rājanya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vaiśyayor -
  • vaiśya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    vaiśya (noun, neuter)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    vaiśyā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
  • nai -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    nṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • etat -
  • etad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    etad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • paṇḍitaiḥ -
  • paṇḍita (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    paṇḍita (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    paṇḍ -> paṇḍita (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental plural from √paṇḍ class 1 verb], [instrumental plural from √paṇḍ class 10 verb]
    paṇḍ -> paṇḍita (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental plural from √paṇḍ class 1 verb], [instrumental plural from √paṇḍ class 10 verb]
  • kurunandana -
  • kurunandana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.4.161

Cover of edition (2023)

Complete Bhavisya Mahapurana (English translation)
by Shantilal Nagar (2023)

Publisher: Parimal Publication Pvt. Ltd.; Pages: 2496; ISBN-10: 817110729X; ISBN-13: 9788171107292

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