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 1.7.19

क्षत्रियाणां त्रयो धर्म्या द्वावधर्म्यौ२ स्मृताविह ।
पैशाचश्चासुरश्चैव न कर्त्तव्यौ कथञ्चन ॥ १९ ॥

kṣatriyāṇāṃ trayo dharmyā dvāvadharmyau2 smṛtāviha |
paiśācaścāsuraścaiva na karttavyau kathañcana || 19 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 1.7.19 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 (1.7.19). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kshatriya, Traya, Tri, Smrita, Smriti, Iha, Paishaca, Karttavya, Katham, Katha, Cana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.7.19). 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: “kṣatriyāṇāṃ trayo dharmyā dvāvadharmyau2 smṛtāviha
  • kṣatriyāṇām -
  • kṣatriya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    kṣatriya (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    kṣatriyā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • trayo* -
  • traya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tri (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • dharmyā* -
  • Cannot analyse dvāvadharmyau2*sm
  • smṛtāvi -
  • smṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    smṛti (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative dual from √smṛ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √smṛ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √smṛ class 1 verb]
  • iha -
  • iha (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Line 2: “paiśācaścāsuraścaiva na karttavyau kathañcana
  • paiśācaś -
  • paiśāca (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • cāsu -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
  • raś -
  • ra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • karttavyau -
  • karttavya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kṛt -> karttavya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative dual from √kṛt class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛt class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛt class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛt class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛt class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛt class 6 verb]
  • kathañ -
  • katham (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    katham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    katha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    katha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • cana -
  • cana (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    cana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    cana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    can (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.7.19

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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