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 1.40.22

जीवोऽपि ब्राह्मणः प्रोक्तो यैरतत्त्वज्ञमानवैः ।
प्रभ्रष्टब्राह्मणत्वास्ते जायन्ते विप्रसङ्गतः ॥ २२ ॥

jīvo'pi brāhmaṇaḥ prokto yairatattvajñamānavaiḥ |
prabhraṣṭabrāhmaṇatvāste jāyante viprasaṅgataḥ || 22 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 1.40.22 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 (1.40.22). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jiva, Api, Brahmana, Prokta, Yah, Yat, Tattvajna, Anava, Prabhrashta, Brahmanatva, Asta, Asti, Jayanta, Vipra, Sangata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.40.22). 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: “jīvo'pi brāhmaṇaḥ prokto yairatattvajñamānavaiḥ
  • jīvo' -
  • jīva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • brāhmaṇaḥ -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • prokto* -
  • prokta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • yair -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tattvajñam -
  • tattvajña (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    tattvajña (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tattvajñā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ānavaiḥ -
  • ānava (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ānava (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Line 2: “prabhraṣṭabrāhmaṇatvāste jāyante viprasaṅgataḥ
  • prabhraṣṭa -
  • prabhraṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prabhraṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • brāhmaṇatvā -
  • brāhmaṇatva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • aste -
  • asta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    asta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    astā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    asti (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • jāyante -
  • jāyanta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    jai (verb class 1)
    [present middle third plural]
    jan (verb class 4)
    [present middle third plural]
  • vipra -
  • vipra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vipra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • saṅgataḥ -
  • saṅgata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.40.22

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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