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.

मेरुग्रस्तमरीचिमण्डलतले ग्रीष्मावसाने रवौ वात्यामोदिकदम्बगन्धसुरभिर्वायुर्यदा चोत्तरः ।
विद्युद्भ्रान्तिसमस्तकान्तिकलना मत्तास्तदा तोयदा उन्मत्ता इव नष्टचन्द्रकिरणां गां पूरयन्त्यम्बुभिः ॥ ८ ॥

merugrastamarīcimaṇḍalatale grīṣmāvasāne ravau vātyāmodikadambagandhasurabhirvāyuryadā cottaraḥ |
vidyudbhrāntisamastakāntikalanā mattāstadā toyadā unmattā iva naṣṭacandrakiraṇāṃ gāṃ pūrayantyambubhiḥ || 8 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 27.8 is contained in the book Brihata Samhita (Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation) by Pandit Achyutananda Jha. This book is available online or you could buy the latest edition:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (27.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Grasta, Marici, Anda, Tala, Grishma, Ana, Ani, Rava, Ravi, Vati, Vatya, Vat, Amodin, Kadamba, Gandha, Surabhi, Vayu, Yada, Yad, Uttara, Vidyut, Samasta, Kantika, Matta, Tada, Toyada, Unmatta, Iva, Nashtacandra, Kirana, Purayat, Purayanti, Ambu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 27.8). 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: “merugrastamarīcimaṇḍalatale grīṣmāvasāne ravau vātyāmodikadambagandhasurabhirvāyuryadā cottaraḥ
  • meru -
  • meru (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    meru (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • grasta -
  • grasta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    grasta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    gras -> grasta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √gras class 1 verb]
    gras -> grasta (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √gras class 1 verb]
  • marīcim -
  • marīci (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • aṇḍa -
  • aṇḍa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • la -
  • la (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tale -
  • tala (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    tala (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    talā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tal (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
  • grīṣmāva -
  • grīṣma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • asā -
  • asan (noun, neuter)
    [compound]
  • ane -
  • ana (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ani (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • ravau -
  • rava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ravi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • vātyā -
  • vāti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vātya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vātya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vāt -> vātya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √vāt]
    vātyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    -> vāt (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √ class 2 verb]
    -> vāt (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √ class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √ class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √ class 2 verb], [locative single from √ class 2 verb]
    -> vātī (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √ class 2 verb], [vocative single from √ class 2 verb], [instrumental single from √ class 2 verb]
    -> vāt (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √ class 1 verb]
    -> vāt (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √ class 1 verb], [locative single from √ class 1 verb]
    vāt -> vātya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √vāt class 10 verb]
    vāt -> vātya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √vāt class 10 verb]
    vāt -> vātyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √vāt class 10 verb]
    (verb class 2)
    [present active third single]
    (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • āmodi -
  • āmodin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    āmodin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • kadamba -
  • kadamba (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kadamba (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • gandha -
  • gandha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    gandha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • surabhir -
  • surabhi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vāyur -
  • vāyu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    vāyu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [optative active third plural]
  • yadā -
  • yadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yadā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • co -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • uttaraḥ -
  • uttara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “vidyudbhrāntisamastakāntikalanā mattāstadā toyadā unmattā iva naṣṭacandrakiraṇāṃ gāṃ pūrayantyambubhiḥ
  • vidyud -
  • vidyut (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vidyut (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • bhrānti -
  • bhrānti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • samasta -
  • samasta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samasta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kāntika -
  • kāntika (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • la -
  • la (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nā* -
  • na (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • mattās -
  • matta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    mattā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    mad -> matta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √mad class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √mad class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √mad class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √mad class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √mad class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √mad class 4 verb]
    mad -> mattā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √mad class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √mad class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √mad class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √mad class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √mad class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √mad class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √mad class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √mad class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √mad class 4 verb]
  • tadā -
  • tadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tadā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • toyadā* -
  • toyada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • unmattā* -
  • unmatta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    unmattā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • iva -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • naṣṭacandra -
  • naṣṭacandra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kiraṇām -
  • kiraṇā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • gām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    go (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [injunctive active first single]
    (verb class 3)
    [injunctive active first single]
  • pūrayantya -
  • pṝ -> pūrayantī (participle, feminine)
    [compound from √pṝ], [adverb from √pṝ]
    pṝ -> pūrayat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √pṝ], [nominative plural from √pṝ], [vocative dual from √pṝ], [vocative plural from √pṝ], [accusative dual from √pṝ], [accusative plural from √pṝ]
    pṝ -> pūrayantī (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √pṝ], [vocative single from √pṝ]
    pūrayat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    pṝ (verb class 0)
    [present active third plural]
  • ambubhiḥ -
  • ambu (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    ambu (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ambu (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 27.8

Cover of edition (2016)

Brhatsamhita with the Commentary of Bhattotpala
by Krishna Chandra Dwivedi (2016)

Publisher: Sampurnanand Sanskrit University; 1229 pages;

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Cover of edition (2012)

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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Cover of edition (2002)

Brihat Samhita (Hindi Translation)
by K. V. Sharma (2002)

Publisher: Sampurnanand Sanskrit University; 2359 pages; ISBN-13: 9789387890008.

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Cover of edition (2022)

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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Cover of edition (2010)

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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Cover of edition (2020)

Brhat Samhita (Telugu translation)
by Sishtla Umamaheswara Sharma (2020)

Publisher: Mohan Publications, Andhra Pradesh; 846 pages.

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Preview of verse 27.8 in Kannada sript:
ಮೇರುಗ್ರಸ್ತಮರೀಚಿಮಣ್ಡಲತಲೇ ಗ್ರೀಷ್ಮಾವಸಾನೇ ರವೌ ವಾತ್ಯಾಮೋದಿಕದಮ್ಬಗನ್ಧಸುರಭಿರ್ವಾಯುರ್ಯದಾ ಚೋತ್ತರಃ ।
ವಿದ್ಯುದ್ಭ್ರಾನ್ತಿಸಮಸ್ತಕಾನ್ತಿಕಲನಾ ಮತ್ತಾಸ್ತದಾ ತೋಯದಾ ಉನ್ಮತ್ತಾ ಇವ ನಷ್ಟಚನ್ದ್ರಕಿರಣಾಂ ಗಾಂ ಪೂರಯನ್ತ್ಯಮ್ಬುಭಿಃ ॥ ೮ ॥

Cover of Gujarati edition

Brhat Samhita (Gujarati translation)
by - (2000)

Publisher: Shree Harihar Pustakalay, Surat; Author: Shri Varahamihira Acharya (શ્રી વરાહમિહીરાચાર્ય); 432 pages.

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Preview of verse 27.8 in Gujarati sript:
મેરુગ્રસ્તમરીચિમણ્ડલતલે ગ્રીષ્માવસાને રવૌ વાત્યામોદિકદમ્બગન્ધસુરભિર્વાયુર્યદા ચોત્તરઃ ।
વિદ્યુદ્ભ્રાન્તિસમસ્તકાન્તિકલના મત્તાસ્તદા તોયદા ઉન્મત્તા ઇવ નષ્ટચન્દ્રકિરણાં ગાં પૂરયન્ત્યમ્બુભિઃ ॥ ૮ ॥

Cover of edition (2021)

Brhat Samhita (Kannada translation)
by Sripada Raghunatha Kulkarni (2021)

Publisher: Srinidhi Publications, Bangalore; 668 pages with illustrations.

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Preview of verse 27.8 in Kannada sript:
ಮೇರುಗ್ರಸ್ತಮರೀಚಿಮಣ್ಡಲತಲೇ ಗ್ರೀಷ್ಮಾವಸಾನೇ ರವೌ ವಾತ್ಯಾಮೋದಿಕದಮ್ಬಗನ್ಧಸುರಭಿರ್ವಾಯುರ್ಯದಾ ಚೋತ್ತರಃ ।
ವಿದ್ಯುದ್ಭ್ರಾನ್ತಿಸಮಸ್ತಕಾನ್ತಿಕಲನಾ ಮತ್ತಾಸ್ತದಾ ತೋಯದಾ ಉನ್ಮತ್ತಾ ಇವ ನಷ್ಟಚನ್ದ್ರಕಿರಣಾಂ ಗಾಂ ಪೂರಯನ್ತ್ಯಮ್ಬುಭಿಃ ॥ ೮ ॥

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