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 1.181.23

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दृष्टार्था तु स्मृतिः काचिददृष्टार्था तथापरा ।
अनुवादस्मृतिस्त्वन्या दृष्टादृष्टा तु पंचमी ।
सर्वा एता वेदमूलाः स्मृता वै ऋषिभिः स्वयम् ॥ २३ ॥

dṛṣṭārthā tu smṛtiḥ kācidadṛṣṭārthā tathāparā |
anuvādasmṛtistvanyā dṛṣṭādṛṣṭā tu paṃcamī |
sarvā etā vedamūlāḥ smṛtā vai ṛṣibhiḥ svayam || 23 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 1.181.23 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 (1.181.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Drishtartha, Smriti, Acit, Adrishtartha, Tatha, Apara, Anuvada, Tva, Ani, Anya, Drishtadrishta, Pancami, Pancamin, Saru, Sarva, Eta, Esha, Vedamula, Smrita, Smrito, Rishi, Svayam,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.181.23). 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: “dṛṣṭārthā tu smṛtiḥ kācidadṛṣṭārthā tathāparā ”
dṛṣṭārthā -
dṛṣṭārthā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
smṛtiḥ -
smṛti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
kā -
kā (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
acid -
acit (noun, feminine)

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

acit (noun, masculine)

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

acit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
adṛṣṭārthā -
adṛṣṭārthā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aparā -
aparā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “anuvādasmṛtistvanyā dṛṣṭādṛṣṭā tu paṃcamī ”
anuvāda -
anuvāda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
smṛtis -
smṛti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tva -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

tva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
anyā* -
anī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

anyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]

√an (verb class 2)

[optative active second single]
dṛṣṭādṛṣṭā -
dṛṣṭādṛṣṭā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
pañcamī -
pañcamī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

pañcamin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 3: “sarvā etā vedamūlāḥ smṛtā vai ṛṣibhiḥ svayam ”
sarvā* -
saru (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

sarva (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

sarvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
etā* -
eta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

etā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

eṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
vedamūlāḥ -
vedamūla (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vedamūlā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
smṛtā* -
smṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

smṛtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

smṛto (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb]

√smṛ -> smṛtā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb]
vai -
√vā (verb class 1)

[present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
ṛṣibhiḥ -
ṛṣi (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
svayam -
svayam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.181.23

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