Bhavishya Purana [sanskrit]

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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 2.1.2.4

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अहंकारात्प्रजानाति महाभूतानि पञ्च च ।
अष्टौ प्रकृतयः प्रोक्ता विकाराश्चैव षोडश ॥ ४ ॥

ahaṃkārātprajānāti mahābhūtāni pañca ca |
aṣṭau prakṛtayaḥ proktā vikārāścaiva ṣoḍaśa || 4 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.1.2.4 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:
Buy now! Sanskrit text by S. N. Khandelwal (2022)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (2.1.2.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ahankara, Prajana, Ati, Mahabhuta, Panca, Pancan, Ashta, Ashti, Prakriti, Prokta, Vikara, Shodasha, Shodashan,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.1.2.4). 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: “ahaṃkārātprajānāti mahābhūtāni pañca ca ”
ahaṅkārāt -
ahaṅkāra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

ahaṅkāra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
prajānā -
prajānā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ati -
ati (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

ati (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
mahābhūtāni -
mahābhūta (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

pañca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pañcan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

pañcan (noun, neuter)

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

√pañc (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “aṣṭau prakṛtayaḥ proktā vikārāścaiva ṣoḍaśa ”
aṣṭau -
aṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

aṣṭi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

√aś -> aṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[nominative dual from √aś class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √aś class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √aś class 5 verb]
prakṛtayaḥ -
prakṛti (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
proktā* -
prokta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

proktā (noun, feminine)

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

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vikārā (noun, feminine)

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

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
ṣoḍaśa -
ṣoḍaśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ṣoḍaśa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ṣoḍaśan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

ṣoḍaśan (noun, neuter)

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

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 2.1.2.4

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