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.

स चतुर्दशधा भिन्नो मनुभिश्चाक्षुषादिभिः ।
तिथिभिः पञ्चदशधा भिन्नो ज्ञेयस्सु वै प्रभुः ॥ १६० ॥

sa caturdaśadhā bhinno manubhiścākṣuṣādibhiḥ |
tithibhiḥ pañcadaśadhā bhinno jñeyassu vai prabhuḥ || 160 ||

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

That universe is divided into fourteen parts by the Manus, headed by Cākṣuṣa. The Lord is known to be divided into fifteen parts by the dates.

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

Caturdashadha, Bhinna, Manu, Cakshusha, Pancadashadha, Jneya, Prabhu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Bhrigu-samhita Verse 36.160). 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: “sa caturdaśadhā bhinno manubhiścākṣuṣādibhiḥ
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • caturdaśadhā -
  • caturdaśadhā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • bhinno* -
  • bhinna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • manubhiś -
  • manu (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    manu (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    manu (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • cākṣuṣād -
  • cākṣuṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    cākṣuṣa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ibhiḥ -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Line 2: “tithibhiḥ pañcadaśadhā bhinno jñeyassu vai prabhuḥ
  • Cannot analyse tithibhiḥ*pa
  • pañcadaśadhā -
  • pañcadaśadhā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • bhinno* -
  • bhinna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • jñeyas -
  • jñeya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    jñā -> jñeya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [nominative single from √jñā class 9 verb]
  • su -
  • (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    so (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • vai -
  • (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
  • prabhuḥ -
  • prabhu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    prabhu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Bhrigu-samhita Verse 36.160

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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