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Brihat-samhita [sanskrit]
26,560 words
The Sanskrit text of the Brihat-samhita from the 6th-century authored by Varaha Mihira in present-day Ujjain, India. It primarily deals with astrology and astronomy but is presented as an encyclopedia of knowledge.
Chapter 7 - budhacārādhyāyaḥ [budhacāra-adhyāya]
[English text for this chapter is available]
notpātaparityaktaḥ kadā cidapi candrajo vrajatyudayam |
jaladahanapavanabhayakṛddhānyārghakṣayavivṛddhau vā || 1 ||
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vicaracchravaṇadhaniṣṭhāprajāpatyendu vaiśvadevāni |
mṛdnan himakaratanayaḥ karotyavṛṣṭiṃ sarogabhayām || 2 ||
[prājāpatya | viśvadaivāni]
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raudrādīni maghāntānyupāśrite candraje prajāpīḍā |
śastranipātakṣudbhayarogānāvṛṣṭisantāpaiḥ || 3 ||
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hastādīni caran ṣaḍṛkṣāṇyupapīḍayan gavāmaśubhaḥ |
sneharasārghavivṛddhiṃ karoti corvīṃ prabhūtānnām || 4 ||
[vicaran]
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āryamṇaṃ hautabhujaṃ bhadrapadāmuttrarāṃ yameśaṃ ca |
candrasya suto nighnanprāṇabhṛtāṃ dhātusaṃkṣayakṛt || 5 ||
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āśvinavāruṇamūlānyupamṛdnan revatīṃ ca candrasutaḥ |
paṇyabhiṣagnaujīvikasalilajaturagopaghātakaraḥ || 6 ||
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pūrvādyṛkṣatritayādekamapīndoḥ suto'bhimṛdnīyāt |
kṣucchastrataskarāmayabhayapradāyī caran jagataḥ || 7 ||
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prākṛtavimiśrasaṃkṣiptatīkṣṇayogāntaghorapāpākhyāḥ |
sapta parāśaratantre nakṣatraiḥ kīrtitā gatayaḥ || 8 ||
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prākṛtasaṃjñā vāyavyayāmyapaitāmahāni bahulāśca |
miśrā gatiḥ pradiṣṭā śaśiśivapitṛbhujagadevāni || 9 ||
[bhujagadaivāni]
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saṃkṣiptāyāṃ puṣyaḥ punarvasuḥ phalgunīdvayaṃ ceti |
tīkṣṇāyāṃ bhadrapadādvayaṃ saśākrāśvayukpauṣṇam || 10 ||
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yogāntiketi mūlaṃ dve cāṣāḍhe gatiḥ sutasyendoḥ |
ghorā śravaṇastvāṣṭraṃ vasudaivaṃ vāruṇaṃ caiva || 11 ||
[vasudevaṃ]
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pāpākhyā sāvitraṃ maitraṃ śakrāgnidaivataṃ ceti |
udayapravāsadivasaiḥ sa eva gatilakṣaṇaṃ prāha || 12 ||
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catvāriṃśattriṃśaddvisametā viṃśatirdvinavakaṃ ca |
nava māsārdhaṃ daśa caikasaṃyutāḥ prākṛtādyānām || 13 ||
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prākṛtagatyāmārogyavṛṣṭisasyapravṛddhayaḥ kṣemam |
saṃkṣiptamiśrayormiśrametadanyāsu viparītam || 14 ||
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ṛjvyativakrāvakrā vikalā ca matena devalasyaitāḥ |
pañcacaturdvyekāhā ṛjvyādīnāṃ ṣaḍabhyastāḥ || 15 ||
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ṛjvī hitā prajānāmativakrārghaṃ gatirvināśayati |
śastrabhayadā ca vakrā vikalā bhayarogasaṃjananī || 16 ||
[ativakrārthaṃ]
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pauṣāṣāḍhaśrāvaṇavaiśākheṣvindujaḥ samāgheṣu |
vṛṣṭo bhayāya jagataḥ śubhaphalakṛtproṣitasteṣu || 17 ||
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kārtike aśvayuji vā yadi māse dṛśyate tanubhavaḥ śiśirāṃśoḥ |
śastracaurahutabhuggadatoyakṣudbhayāni ca tadā vidadhāti || 18 ||
[kārttike]
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ruddhāni saumye'stagate purāṇi yānyudgate tānyupayānti mokṣam |
anye tu paścādudite vadanti lābhaḥ purāṇāṃ bhavati tajjñāḥ || 19 ||
[astamite]
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hemakāntiratha vā śukavarṇaḥ sasyakena maṇinā sadṛśo vā |
snigdhamūrtiralaghuśca hitāya vyatyaye na śubhakṛt śaśiputraḥ || 20 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the budhacārādhyāyaḥ [budhacāra-adhyāya]
Brihata Samhita (Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation)
by Pandit Achyutananda Jha (2001)
Title: बृहत्संहिता (संस्कृत एवम् हिन्दी अनुवाद); Author: वराह मिहिर (Varaha Mihir); Publisher: Chaukhambha Vidya Bhawan
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Brhatsamhita with the Commentary of Bhattotpala
by Krishna Chandra Dwivedi (2016)
Publisher: Sampurnanand Sanskrit University; 1229 pages;
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Brihat Samhita with the Commentary of Utpalapatimala of Yogisvara
by K. V. Sharma (2012)
Publisher: Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, Janakpuri; 754 pages; ISBN-10; 8186111360; ISBN-13: 9788186111369
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Brihat Samhita (Hindi Translation)
by K. V. Sharma (2002)
Publisher: Sampurnanand Sanskrit University; 2359 pages; ISBN-13: 9789387890008.
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Brhat Samhita (English translation)
by N. Chidambaram Iyer (2022)
Publisher: Parimal Publication Pvt. Ltd.; 801 pages; Edited by Dr. Shrikrishna Jugnu; ISBN-10: 8171104215; ISBN-13: 9788171104215.
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Brhat Samhita (English with notes)
by M. Ramakrishna Bhat (2010)
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidas Publishers Pvt. Ltd.; 1155 pages; ISBN-10: 8120810600; ISBN-13: 9788120810600.
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Brhat Samhita (Telugu translation)
by Sishtla Umamaheswara Sharma (2020)
Publisher: Mohan Publications, Andhra Pradesh; 846 pages.
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Brhat Samhita (Gujarati translation)
by - (2000)
Publisher: Shree Harihar Pustakalay, Surat; Author: Shri Varahamihira Acharya (શ્રી વરાહમિહીરાચાર્ય); 432 pages.
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Brhat Samhita (Kannada translation)
by Sripada Raghunatha Kulkarni (2021)
Publisher: Srinidhi Publications, Bangalore; 668 pages with illustrations.
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