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 1.191.6

कूटशासनकर्तारः कूटकर्मकृतो नराः ।
धनुषः शिल्पिशस्त्राणां यः कर्ता यश्च विक्रयी ॥ ६ ॥

kūṭaśāsanakartāraḥ kūṭakarmakṛto narāḥ |
dhanuṣaḥ śilpiśastrāṇāṃ yaḥ kartā yaśca vikrayī || 6 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 1.191.6 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 (1.191.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kutashasana, Kartri, Kartara, Kutakarman, Krit, Krita, Nara, Dhanusha, Dhanus, Shilpi, Shilpin, Shastra, Yah, Karta, Vikrayin, Vikrayi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.191.6). 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: “kūṭaśāsanakartāraḥ kūṭakarmakṛto narāḥ
  • kūṭaśāsana -
  • kūṭaśāsana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kartāraḥ -
  • kartṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kartāra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kṛ (verb class 1)
    [periphrastic-future active third plural]
    kṛ (verb class 2)
    [periphrastic-future active third plural]
    kṛ (verb class 5)
    [periphrastic-future active third plural]
    kṛ (verb class 8)
    [periphrastic-future active third plural]
    kṛ (verb class 3)
    [periphrastic-future active third plural]
    kṛ (verb class 6)
    [periphrastic-future active third plural]
  • kūṭakarma -
  • kūṭakarman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • kṛto* -
  • kṛt (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    kṛt (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    kṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
    kṛ (verb class 2)
    [present active third dual]
  • narāḥ -
  • nara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    narā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “dhanuṣaḥ śilpiśastrāṇāṃ yaḥ kartā yaśca vikrayī
  • dhanuṣaḥ -
  • dhanuṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    dhanus (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • śilpi -
  • śilpī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    śilpin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    śilpin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • śastrāṇām -
  • śastra (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    śastra (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • yaḥ -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kartā* -
  • karta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kartā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • yaś -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vikrayī -
  • vikrayī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    vikrayī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    vikrayin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.191.6

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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