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 57 - pratimālakṣaṇādhyāyaḥ [pratimālakṣaṇa-adhyāya]
[English text for this chapter is available]
jālāntarage bhānau yadaṇutaraṃ darśanaṃ rajo yāti |
tadvindyātparamāṇuṃ prathamaṃ taddhi pramāṇānām || 1 ||
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paramāṇurajo bālāgralikṣayūkaṃ yavo'ṅgulaṃ ceti |
aṣṭaguṇāni yathottaramaṅgulamekaṃ bhavati saṃkhyā || 2 ||
[vālāgra | yūkā | mātrā]
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devāgāradvārasyāṣṭāmśonasya yastṛtīyo'ṃśaḥ |
tatpiṇḍikāpramāṇaṃ pratimā taddviguṇaparimāṇā || 3 ||
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svairaṅgulapramāṇairdvādaśa vīstīrṇamāyataṃ ca mukham |
nagnajitā tu caturdaśa dairghyeṇa drāviḍaṃ kathitam || 4 ||
[vistīrṇam]
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nāsālalāṭacibukagrīvāścaturāṅgulāstathā karṇau |
dve aṅgule ca hanunī cibukaṃ ca dvyaṅgulaṃ vitatam || 5 ||
[hanuke | vistṛtam]
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aṣṭāṅgulaṃ lalāṭaṃ vistārāddvyaṅgulātpare śaṅkhau |
caturaṅgulau tu śaṅkhau karṇau tu dvyaṅgulau pṛthulau || 6 ||
[dvyaṅgulaṃ]
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karṇopāntaḥ kāryo'rdhapañcame bhrūsamena sūtreṇa |
karṇasrotaḥ sukumārakaṃ ca netraprabandhasamam || 7 ||
[nayana]
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caturaṅgulaṃ vasiṣṭhaḥ kathayati netrāntakarṇayorvivaram |
adharo'ṅgulapramāṇastasyārdhenottroṣṭhaśca || 8 ||
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ardhāṅgulā tu gocchā vaktraṃ caturaṅgulāyataṃ kāryam |
vipulaṃ tu sārdhamaṅgulamavyāttaṃ tryaṅgulaṃ vyāttam || 9 ||
[adhyāttattryaṅgulaṃ]
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dvyaṅgulatulyau nāsāpuṭau ca nāsā puṭāgrato jñeyā |
syāddvyaṅgulamucchrāyaścaturaṅgulamantaraṃ cākṣṇoḥ || 10 ||
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dvyaṅgulamito'kṣikośo dve netre tattribhāgikā tārā |
dṛktārā pañcāṃśo netravikāśo'ṅgulaṃ bhavati || 11 ||
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paryantātparyantaṃ daśa bhruvo'rdhāṅgulaṃ bhruvorlekhā |
bhrūmadhyaṃ dvyaṅgulakaṃ bhūrdhairghyeṇāṅgulacatuṣkam || 12 ||
[bhrūr]
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kāryā tu keśarekhā bhrūbandhasamāṅgulārdhavistīrṇā |
netrānte karavīrakamupanyasedaṅgulapramitam || 13 ||
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dvātriṃśatpariṇāhāccaturdaśāyāmato'ṅgulāni śiraḥ |
dvādaśa tu citrakarmaṇi dṛśyante viṃśatiradṛśyāḥ || 14 ||
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āsyaṃ sakeśanicayaṃ ṣoḍaśa dairghyeṇa nagnijitproktam |
grīvā daśa vistīrṇā pariṇāhādviṃśatiḥ saikā || 15 ||
[nagnajit]
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kaṇṭhāddvādaśa hṛdayaṃ hṛdayānnābhī ca tatpramāṇena |
nābhīmadhyādmeḍhrāntaraṃ ca tattulyamevoktam || 16 ||
[nābhiś]
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ūrū cāṅgulamānaiścaturyutā viṃśatistathā jaṅghe |
jānukapicche caturaṅgule ca pādau ca tattulyau || 17 ||
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dvādaśadīrghau ṣaṭ pṛthutayā ca pādau trikāyatāṅguṣṭhau |
pañcāṅgulapariṇāhau pradeśinī tryaṅgulaṃ dīrghā || 18 ||
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aṣṭāṃśāṃśonāḥ śeṣāṅgulyaḥ krameṇa kartavyāḥ |
sacaturthabhāgamaṅgulamutsedho'ṅguṣṭhakasyoktaḥ || 19 ||
[śeṣāṅgulayaḥ]
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aṅguṣṭhanakhaḥ kathitas caturthabhāgonamaṅgulaṃ tajjñaiḥ |
śeṣanakhānāmardhāṅgulaṃ kramātkiṃcidūnaṃ vā || 20 ||
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jaṅghāgre pariṇāhaścaturdaśoktastu vistarātpañca |
madhye tu sapta vipulā pariṇāhāttriguṇitāḥ sapta || 21 ||
[vistaraḥ]
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aṣṭau tu jānumadhye vaipulyaṃ tryaṣṭakaṃ tu pariṇāhaḥ |
vipulau caturdaśorū madhye dviguṇaśca tatparidhiḥ || 22 ||
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kaṭiraṣṭādaśa vipulā catvāriṃśaccaturyutā paridhau |
aṅgulamekaṃ nābhī vedhena tathā pramāṇena || 23 ||
[nābhir]
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catvāriṃśaddviyutā nābhīmadhyena madhyapariṇāhaḥ |
stanayoḥ ṣoḍaśa cāntaramūrdhvaṃ kakṣye ṣaḍaṅgulike || 24 ||
[kakṣe]
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aṣṭāvaṃsau dvādaśa bāhū kāryau tathā prabāhū ca |
bāhū ṣaḍvistīrṇau pratibāhū tvaṅgulacatuṣkam || 25 ||
[kāryāvaṣṭāvaṃsau dvādaśa bāhū | ṣaḍvistirṇau]
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ṣoḍaśa bāhū mūle pariṇāhāddvādaśāgrahaste ca |
vistāreṇa karatalaṃ ṣaḍaṅgulaṃ sapta dairghyeṇa || 26 ||
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pañcāṅgulāni madhyā pradeśinī madhyaparvadalahīnā |
anayā tulyā cānāmikā kaniṣṭhā tu parvonā || 27 ||
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parvadvayamaṅguṣṭhaḥ śeṣāṅgulyastribhistribhiḥ kāryāḥ |
nakhaparimāṇaṃ kāryaṃ sarvāsām parvaṇo'rdhena || 28 ||
[śeṣāṅgulayas]
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deśānurūpabhūṣaṇaveṣālaṅkāramūrtibhiḥ kāryā |
pratimā lakṣaṇayuktā sannihitā vṛddhidā bhavati || 29 ||
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daśarathatanayo rāmo baliśca vairocaniḥ śataṃ viṃśam |
dvādaśahānyā śeṣāḥ pravarasamanyūnaparimāṇāḥ || 30 ||
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kāryo'ṣṭabhujo bhagavāṃścaturbhujo dvibhuja eva vā viṣṇuḥ |
śrīvatsāṅkitavakṣāḥ kaustubhamaṇibhūṣitoraskaḥ || 31 ||
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atasīkusumaśyāmaḥ pītāmbaranivasanaḥ prasannamukhaḥ |
kuṇḍalakirīṭadhārī pīnagaloraḥsthalāṃsabhujaḥ || 32 ||
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khaḍgagadāśarapāṇirdakṣiṇataḥ śāntidaścaturthakaraḥ |
vāmakareṣu ca kārmukakheṭakacakrāṇi śaṅkhaśca || 33 ||
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atha ca caturbhujamicchati śāntida eko gadādharaścānyaḥ |
dakṣiṇapārśve tvevaṃ vāme śaṅkhaśca cakraṃ ca || 34 ||
[hy]
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dvibhujasya tu śāntikaro dakṣiṇahasto'paraśca śaṅkhadharaḥ |
evaṃ viṣṇoḥ pratimā kartavyā bhūtimicchadbhiḥ || 35 ||
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baladevo halapāṇirmadavibhramalocanaśca kartavyaḥ |
vibhratkuṇḍalamekaṃ śaṅkhendumṛṇālagauratanuḥ || 36 ||
[bibhrat | vapuḥ]
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ekānaṃśā kāryā devī baladevakṛṣṇayormadhye |
kaṭisaṃsthitavāmakarā sarojamitareṇa codvahatī || 37 ||
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kāryā caturbhujā yā vāmakarābhyāṃ sapustakaṃ kamalam |
dvābhyāṃ dakṣiṇapārśve varamarthiṣvakṣasūtraṃ ca || 38 ||
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vāmo'tha vāṣṭabhujāyāḥ kamaṇḍaluścāpamambujaṃ śāstram |
varaśaradarpaṇayuktāḥ savyabhujāḥ sākṣasūtrāśca || 39 ||
[vāmeṣvaṣṭabhujāyāḥ]
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śāmbaśca gadāhastaḥ pradyumnaścāpabhṛtsurūpaśca |
anayoḥ striyau ca kārye kheṭakanistriṃśadhāriṇyau || 40 ||
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brahmā kamaṇḍalukaraścaturmukhaḥ paṇkajāsanasthaśca |
skandaḥ kumārarūpaḥ śaktidharo barhiketuśca || 41 ||
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śuklacaturviṣāṇo dvipo mahendrasya vajrapāṇitvam |
tiryag lalāṭasaṃsthaṃ tṛtīyamapi locanaṃ cihnam || 42 ||
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śambhoḥ śirasīndukalā vṛṣadhvajo'kṣi ca tṛtīyamapi cordhvam |
śūlaṃ dhanuḥ pinākaṃ vāmārdhe vā girisutārdham || 43 ||
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padmāṅkitakaracaraṇaḥ prasannamūrtiḥ sunīcakeśaśca |
padmāsanopaviṣṭaḥ piteva jagato bhavati buddhaḥ || 44 ||
[bhavet]
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ājānulambabāhuḥ śrīvatsāṅkaḥ praśāntamūrtiśca |
digvāsāstaruṇo rūpavāṃśca kāryo'rhatāṃ devaḥ || 45 ||
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nāsālalāṭajaṅghorugaṇḍavakṣāṃsi connatāni raveḥ |
kuryādudīcyaveṣaṃ gūḍhaṃ pādāduro yāvat || 46 ||
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bibhrāṇaḥ svakararuhe bāhubhyāṃ paṅkaje mukuṭadhārī |
kuṇḍalabhūṣitavadanaḥ pralambahāro viyadgavṛtaḥ || 47 ||
[pāṇibhyāṃ | viyaṅga]
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kamalodaradyutimukhaḥ kañcukaguptaḥ smitaprasannamukhaḥ |
ratnojjvalaprabhāmaṇḍalaśca kartuḥ śubhakaro'rkaḥ || 48 ||
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saumyā tu hastamātrā vasudā hastadvayocchritā pratimā |
kṣemasubhikṣāya bhavettricaturhastapramāṇā yā || 49 ||
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nṛpabhayamatyaṅgāyāṃ hīnāṅgāyāmakalyatā kartuḥ |
śātodaryāṃ kṣudbhayamarthavināśaḥ kṛśāṅgāyām || 50 ||
[kṛśāyāṃ ca]
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maraṇaṃ tu sakṣatāyāṃ śastranipātena nirdiśetkartuḥ |
vāmāvanatā patnīṃ dakṣiṇavinatā hinastyāyuḥ || 51 ||
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andhatvamūrdhvadṛṣṭyā karoti cintāmadhomukhī dṛṣṭiḥ |
sarvapratimāsvevaṃ śubhāśubhaṃ bhāskaroktasamam || 52 ||
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liṅgasya vṛttaparadhiṃ dairghyeṇāsūtrya tattridhā vibhajet |
mūle taccaturasraṃ madhye tvaṣṭāśriṃ vṛttamataḥ || 53 ||
[caturaśraṃ]
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caturasramavanikhāte madhyaṃ kāryaṃ tu piṇḍikāśvabhre |
dṛśyocchrāyeṇa samā samantataḥ piṇḍikā śvabhrāt || 54 ||
[caturaśram | piṇḍakā]
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kṛśadīrghaṃ deśaghnaṃ pārśvavihīnaṃ purasya nāśaya |
yasya kṣataṃ bhavedmastake vināśāya talliṅgam || 55 ||
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mātṛgaṇaḥ kartavyaḥ svanāmadevānurūpakṛtacihnaḥ |
revanto'śvārūḍho mṛgayākrīḍādiparivāraḥ || 56 ||
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daṇḍī yamo mahiṣago haṃsārūḍhaśca pāśabhṛdvaruṇaḥ |
naravāhanaḥ kubero vāmakirīṭī bṛhatkukṣiḥ || 57 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the pratimālakṣaṇādhyāyaḥ [pratimālakṣaṇa-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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