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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 10 - śanaiścaracārādhyāyaḥ [śanaiścaracāra-adhyāya]
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śravaṇānilahastārdrābharaṇībhāgyopagaḥ suto'rkasya |
pracurasalilopagūḍhāṃ karoti dhātrīṃ yadi snigdhaḥ || 1 ||
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ahivaruṇapurandaradaivateṣu sukṣemakṛnna cātijalam |
kṣucchastrāvṛṣṭikaro mūle pratyekamapi vakṣye || 2 ||
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turagaturagopacārakakavivaidyāmātyahārkajo'śvigataḥ |
yāmye nartakavādakageyajñakṣudranaikṛtikān || 3 ||
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bahulāsthe pīḍyante saure'gnyupajīvinaścamūpāśca |
rohiṇyāṃ kośalamadrakāśipañcālaśākaṭikāḥ || 4 ||
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mṛgaśirasi vatsayājakayajamānāryajanamadhyadeśās ca |
raudrasthe pārataramaṭhāstailikarajakacaurāśca || 5 ||
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āditye pāñcanadapratyantasurāṣṭrasindhusauvīrāḥ |
puṣye ghāṇṭhikaghauṣikayavanavaṇikkitavakusumāni || 6 ||
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sārpe jalaruhasarpāḥ pitrye bāhlīkacīnagāndhārāḥ |
śūlikapāratavaiśyāḥ koṣṭhāgārāṇi vaṇijaśca || 7 ||
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bhāgye rasavikrayiṇaḥ paṇyastrīkanyakāmahārāṣṭrāḥ |
āryamṇe nṛpaguḍalavaṇabhikṣukāmbūni takṣaśilā || 8 ||
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haste nāpitacākrikacaurabhiṣaksūcikā dvipagrāhāḥ |
bandhakyaḥ kauśalakā mālākārāśca pīḍyante || 9 ||
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citrāsthe pramadājanalekhakacitrajñacitrabhāṇḍāni |
svātau māgadhacaradūtasūtapotaplavanaṭādyāḥ || 10 ||
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aindrāgnākhye traigartacīnakaulūtakuṅkumaṃ lākṣā |
sasyānyatha māñjiṣṭhaṃ kausumbhaṃ ca kṣayaṃ yāti || 11 ||
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maitre kulūtataṅgaṇakhasakāśmīrāḥ samantricakracarāḥ |
upatāpaṃ yānti ca ghāṇṭikā vibhedaśca mitrāṇām || 12 ||
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jyeṣṭhāsu nṛpapurohitanṛpasatkṛtaśūragaṇakulaśreṇyaḥ |
mūle tu kāśikośalapāñcālaphalauṣadhīyodhāḥ || 13 ||
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āpye'ṅgavaṅgakauśalagirivrajā magadhapuṇḍramithilāśca |
upatāpaṃ yānti janā vasanti ye tāmraliptyāṃ ca || 14 ||
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viśveśvare'rkaputraścarandaśārṇānnihanti yavanāṃśca |
ujjayinīṃ śabarānpāriyātrikān kuntibhojāṃśca || 15 ||
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śravaṇe rājādhikṛtānviprāgryabhiṣakpurohitakaliṅgān |
vasubhe magadheśajayo vṛddhiśca dhaneṣvadhikṛtānām || 16 ||
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sāje śatabhiṣaji bhiṣakkaviśauṇḍikapaṇyanīti vṛttīnām |
āhirbudhnye nadyo yānakarāḥ strīhiraṇyaṃ ca || 17 ||
[varttānām]
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revatyāṃ rājabhṛtāḥ krauñcadvīpāśritāḥ śaratsasyam |
śabarāśca nipīḍyante yavanāśca śanaiścare carati || 18 ||
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yadā viśākhāsu mahendramantrī sutaśca bhānordahanarkṣayātaḥ |
tadā prajānāmanayo'tighoraḥ puraprabhedo gatayorbhamekam || 19 ||
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aṇḍajahā ravijo yadi citraḥ kṣudbhayakṛd yadi pītamayūkhaḥ |
śastrabhayāya ca raktasavarṇo bhasmanibho bahuvairakaraśca || 20 ||
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vaidūryakāntivimalaḥ śubhakṛtprajānāṃ bāṇātasīkusumavarṇanibhaśca śastaḥ |
yaṃ cāpi varṇamupagacchati tatsavarṇān sūryātmajaḥ kṣayatīti munipravādaḥ || 21 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the śanaiścaracārādhyāyaḥ [śanaiścaracāra-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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