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Bhrigu-samhita [sanskrit]
by Members of the Sansknet Project | 2020 | 45,052 words
The Sanskrit text of the Bhrigu-samhita, an ancient text belonging to the Vaikhanasa Agama section of the Pancaratra tradition and dates to at least 11th century (or earlier). The name “Bhrigusamhita” literally means “The Compendium of Bhrigu” and basically represents a work on Vaishnava theology. The English translation of the Bhrigu-samhita is indicatory only as it was performed by a translation software. Alternative titles: Bhṛgusaṃhitā (भृगुसंहिता), Bhṛgu-saṃhitā (भृगु-संहिता), Bhrgusamhita.
Verse 8.74
प्रकोष्ठबाह्वैरारोप्य कोर्परं जानुवद्भवेत् ।
त्षङ्गुलं द्व्यङ्गुलं बाहुदण्डमूलाग्रविस्तरम् ॥ ७४ ॥
prakoṣṭhabāhvairāropya korparaṃ jānuvadbhavet |
tṣaṅgulaṃ dvyaṅgulaṃ bāhudaṇḍamūlāgravistaram || 74 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
Place the arms on the elbows and the torso should be at the knees. The width of the root of the arm and the tip of the staff was six fingers and two fingers.
English translation by Google (2023)
Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (8.74). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Prakoshtha, Bahu, Aira, Aropya, Param, Para, Janu, Dvyangula, Bahudanda, Mulagra, Vistara,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Bhrigu-samhita Verse 8.74). 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: “prakoṣṭhabāhvairāropya korparaṃ jānuvadbhavet ”
- prakoṣṭha -
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prakoṣṭha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- bāhvai -
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bāhu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- airā -
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aira (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]aira (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]airā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- āropya -
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āropya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]āropya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kor -
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- param -
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param (indeclinable)[indeclinable]para (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]para (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- jānu -
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jānu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- va -
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u (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]ū (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]ū (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ū (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]o (noun, masculine)[adverb]au (noun, feminine)[adverb]au (noun, masculine)[adverb]va (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]va (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ad -
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ad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]ad (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- bhavet -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- Line 2: “tṣaṅgulaṃ dvyaṅgulaṃ bāhudaṇḍamūlāgravistaram ”
- Cannot analyse tṣaṅgulam*dv
- dvyaṅgulam -
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dvyaṅgula (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dvyaṅgula (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]dvyaṅgulā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- bāhudaṇḍa -
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bāhudaṇḍa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- mūlāgra -
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mūlāgra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]mūlāgra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vistaram -
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vistara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vistara (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]vistarā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Bhrigu-samhita Verse 8.74
Bhṛgusaṃhitā (a text of the Vaikhānasa-tradition)
by Members of the Sansknet Project (2020)
Publisher: Göttingen Register of Electronic Texts in Indian Languages (GRETIL), SUB Göttingen; Note: The Text is not Proof-read!