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 1.36.30

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आहारो वायुपुष्पाणि ब्राह्मणानां विदुर्बुधाः ।
मूषिका क्षत्रि याणां च आहारो द्विजसत्तम ।
वैश्या मंडूकभक्षाश्च शूद्राः सर्वाशिनस्तथा ॥ ३० ॥

āhāro vāyupuṣpāṇi brāhmaṇānāṃ vidurbudhāḥ |
mūṣikā kṣatri yāṇāṃ ca āhāro dvijasattama |
vaiśyā maṃḍūkabhakṣāśca śūdrāḥ sarvāśinastathā || 30 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 1.36.30 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 (1.36.30). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ahara, Vayu, Pushpa, Brahmana, Vidu, Vidus, Budha, Mushika, Kshatri, Dvijasattama, Vaishya, Manduka, Bhaksha, Shudra, Sarvashin, Tatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.36.30). 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: “āhāro vāyupuṣpāṇi brāhmaṇānāṃ vidurbudhāḥ ”
āhāro* -
āhāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vāyu -
vāyu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

vāyu (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

vāyu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
puṣpāṇi -
puṣpa (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
brāhmaṇānām -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

brāhmaṇā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
vidur -
vidus (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

vidus (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

vidu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

vidu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vid (verb class 2)

[perfect active third plural]
budhāḥ -
budha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

budhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “mūṣikā kṣatri yāṇāṃ ca āhāro dvijasattama ”
mūṣikā -
mūṣikā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
kṣatri -
kṣatrī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

kṣatrin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
yā -
yā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aṇā -
√aṇ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
am -
a (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
ca* -
ca (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
āhāro* -
āhāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
dvijasattama -
dvijasattama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 3: “vaiśyā maṃḍūkabhakṣāśca śūdrāḥ sarvāśinastathā ”
vaiśyā* -
vaiśya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vaiśyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
maṇḍūka -
maṇḍūka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

maṇḍūka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhakṣāś -
bhakṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

bhakṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śūdrāḥ -
śūdra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śūdrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
sarvāśinas -
sarvāśin (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

sarvāśin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.36.30

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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Last Updated: 03 February, 2024