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Brihat-samhita [sanskrit]
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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 79 - ratnaparīkṣādhyāyaḥ [ratnaparīkṣa-adhyāya]
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ratnena śubhena śubhaṃ bhavati nṛpāṇāmaniṣṭamaśubhena |
yasmādataḥ parīkṣyaṃ daivaṃ ratnāśritam tajjñaiḥ || 1 ||
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dvipahayavanitādīnāṃ svaguṇaviśeṣeṇa ratnaśabdo'sti |
iha tūpalaratnānāmadhikāro vajrapūrvāṇām || 2 ||
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ratnāni balāddaityāddadhīcito'nye vadanti jātāni |
ke cidbhuvaḥ svabhāvādvaicitryaṃ prāhurupalānām || 3 ||
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vajrendranīlamarakatakarketarapadmarāgarudhirākhyāḥ |
vaidūryapulakavimalakarājamaṇisphatikaśaśikāntāḥ || 4 ||
[vaiḍūrya]
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saugandhikagomedakaśaṅkhamahānīlapuṣparāgākhyāḥ |
brahmamaṇijyotīrasasasyakamuktāpravālāni || 5 ||
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veṇātaṭe viśuddhaṃ śirīṣakusuma prabhaṃ ca kauśalakam |
saurāṣṭrakamātāmraṃ kṛṣṇaṃ saurpārakaṃ vajram || 6 ||
[upamaṃ]
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īṣattāmraṃ himavati mataṅgajaṃ vallapuṣpasaṅkāśam |
āpītaṃ ca kaliṅge śyāmaṃ pauṇḍreṣu sambhūtam || 7 ||
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aindraṃ ṣaḍaśri śuklaṃ yāmyaṃ sarpāsyarūpamasitaṃ ca |
kadalīkāṇḍanikāśaṃ vaiṣṇavamiti sarvasaṃsthānam || 8 ||
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vāruṇamabalāguhyopamaṃ bhavetkarṇikārapuṣpanibham |
śṛṅgāṭakasaṃsthānaṃ vyāghrākṣinibhaṃ ca hautabhujam || 9 ||
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vāyavyaṃ ca yavopamamaśokakusumaprabhaṃ samuddiṣṭam |
srotaḥ khaniḥ prakīrṇakamityākarasambhavastrividhaḥ || 10 ||
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raktaṃ pītaṃ ca śubham rājanyānāṃ sitam dvijātīnām |
śairīṣaṃ vaiśyānāṃ śūdrāṇāṃ śasyate'sinibham || 11 ||
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sitasarṣapāṣṭakaṃ taṇḍulo bhavettaṇḍulaistu viṃśatyā |
tulitasya dve lakṣe mūlyaṃ dvidvyūnite caitat || 12 ||
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pādatryaṃśārdhonaṃ tribhāgapañcāṃśaṣoḍaśāṃśāśca |
bhāgaśca pañcaviṃśaḥ śatikas sāhasrikaśceti || 13 ||
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sarvadravyābhedyaṃ laghvambhasi tarati raśmivatsnighdam |
taḍidanalaśakracāpopamaṃ ca vajraṃ hitāyoktam || 14 ||
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kākapadamakṣikākeśadhātuyuktāni śarkarairviddham |
dviguṇāśri dagdhakaluṣatrastaviśīrṇāni na śubhāni || 15 ||
[śarkarā | digdha]
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yāni ca budbudadalitāgracipiṭavāsīphalapradīrghāṇi |
sarveṣāṃ caiteṣāṃ mūlyādbhāgo'ṣṭamo hāniḥ || 16 ||
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vajraṃ na kiñcidapi dhārayitavyameke putrārthinībhirabalābhiruśanti tajjñāḥ |
śṛṅgāṭakatripuṭadhānyakavatsthitaṃ yac śroṇīnibhaṃ ca śubhadaṃ tanayārthinīnām || 17 ||
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svajanavibhavajīvitakṣayaṃ janayati vajramaniṣṭalakṣaṇam |
aśaniviṣabhayārināśanaṃ śubhamupabhogakaraṃ ca bhūbhṛtām || 18 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the ratnaparīkṣādhyāyaḥ [ratnaparīkṣa-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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