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.

प्रोक्ष्योपचारैरभ्यर्छ्य पुष्पगन्धादिभिः क्रमात् ।
शुभ्रा ज्योतिऽरिति प्रोच्य कराभ्यां परिगृह्य च, ॥ १८९ ॥

prokṣyopacārairabhyarchya puṣpagandhādibhiḥ kramāt |
śubhrā jyoti'riti procya karābhyāṃ parigṛhya ca, || 189 ||

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

After sprinkling the body with oblations, one should offer flowers, fragrant oils and other oblations to the deity. She called out to him, “Shubhra, Jyoti!” and took hold of him in both hands.

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

Pra, Ukshya, Upacara, Abhi, Pushpa, Gandha, Kramat, Krama, Kara, Parigrihya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Bhrigu-samhita Verse 18.189). 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: “prokṣyopacārairabhyarchya puṣpagandhādibhiḥ kramāt
  • pro -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ukṣyo -
  • ukṣ -> ukṣya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √ukṣ]
    ukṣ -> ukṣya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ukṣ class 1 verb]
    ukṣ -> ukṣya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ukṣ class 1 verb]
    ukṣ -> ukṣyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √ukṣ class 1 verb]
  • upacārair -
  • upacāra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • abhyar -
  • abhi (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • ṛchya -
  • ṛch -> ṛchya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √ṛch]
  • puṣpa -
  • puṣpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    puṣpa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • gandhād -
  • gandha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    gandha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ibhiḥ -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • kramāt -
  • kramāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    krama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • Line 2: “śubhrā jyoti'riti procya karābhyāṃ parigṛhya ca,
  • śubhrā* -
  • Cannot analyse jyoti'riti*pr
  • pro -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    pra (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
    prā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • ucya -
  • uc -> ucya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √uc]
    vac -> ucya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √vac]
    vac -> ucya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √vac]
    uc (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • karābhyām -
  • kara (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]
    kara (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]
  • parigṛhya -
  • parigṛhya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    parigṛhya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    parigṛhya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Bhrigu-samhita Verse 18.189

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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