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.

धर्मं ज्ञानं च वैराग्य मैश्वर्यं च चतुष्टयम् ।
अन्तस्त्संभ चतुष्कोशे स्थापयेदधिदेवताः ॥ ९ ॥

dharmaṃ jñānaṃ ca vairāgya maiśvaryaṃ ca catuṣṭayam |
antastsaṃbha catuṣkośe sthāpayedadhidevatāḥ || 9 ||

Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.

The four virtues are religion, knowledge, detachment and opulence. Then one should place the Adhidevatas in the four cells of the sambha.

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 (10.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dharma, Jnana, Vairagya, Asmad, Aishvarya, Catushtaya, Catushka, Adhidevata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Bhrigu-samhita Verse 10.9). 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: “dharmaṃ jñānaṃ ca vairāgya maiśvaryaṃ ca catuṣṭayam
  • dharmam -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dharman (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    dharmā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • jñānam -
  • jñāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    jñānā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vairāgya -
  • vairāgya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mai -
  • (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    ma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative single]
  • aiśvaryam -
  • aiśvarya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • catuṣṭayam -
  • catuṣṭaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    catuṣṭaya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “antastsaṃbha catuṣkośe sthāpayedadhidevatāḥ
  • Cannot analyse antastsambha*ca
  • catuṣko -
  • catuṣka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    catuṣka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    catuṣkā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ūśe -
  • sthāpayed -
  • sthā (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • adhidevatāḥ -
  • adhidevatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Bhrigu-samhita Verse 10.9

Cover of edition (2020)

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!

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