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.

अथाङ्गान्यूर्वोष्ठस्तनवृषणपादं च दशना भुजौ हस्तौ गण्डौ कचगलनखाङ्गुष्ठमपि यत् ।
सशङ्खं कक्षांसं श्रवणगुदसन्धीति पुरुषे स्त्रियां भ्रूनासास्फिग्वलिकटिसुलेखाङ्गुलिचयम् ॥ ८ ॥
[कषांसश्रवण]

athāṅgānyūrvoṣṭhastanavṛṣaṇapādaṃ ca daśanā bhujau hastau gaṇḍau kacagalanakhāṅguṣṭhamapi yat |
saśaṅkhaṃ kakṣāṃsaṃ śravaṇagudasandhīti puruṣe striyāṃ bhrūnāsāsphigvalikaṭisulekhāṅgulicayam || 8 ||
[kaṣāṃsaśravaṇa]

The Sanskrit text of Verse 50.8 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:

Read online Buy now! The Sanskrit text by Pandit Achyutananda Jha (2001)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (50.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atha, Anga, Uru, Tha, Tanu, Pada, Dashana, Bhuj, Bhuja, Bhuji, Hasta, Ganda, Gandi, Gandu, Kaca, Galana, Kha, Angushtha, Api, Yat, Yad, Sashankha, Kaksha, Shravana, Guda, Sandhi, Sandhin, Iti, Purusha, Stri, Nasa, Nas, Sphic, Sphij, Vali, Valin, Kati, Katin, Sulekha, Anguli, Caya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 50.8). 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: “athāṅgānyūrvoṣṭhastanavṛṣaṇapādaṃ ca daśanā bhujau hastau gaṇḍau kacagalanakhāṅguṣṭhamapi yat
  • athā -
  • athā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • aṅgānyū -
  • aṅga (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    aṅg (verb class 1)
    [imperative active first single]
  • ūrvoṣ -
  • ūru (noun, masculine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
  • ṭhas -
  • ṭha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tanavṛ -
  • tanu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • ṛṣa -
  • ṛṣ (verb class 6)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ṇa -
  • ṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pādam -
  • pāda (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • daśanā* -
  • daśana (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    daśanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bhujau -
  • bhuj (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    bhuj (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    bhuja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    bhuji (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    bhuji (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • hastau -
  • hasta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • gaṇḍau -
  • gaṇḍa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    gaṇḍi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    gaṇḍi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    gaṇḍu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • kaca -
  • kaca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kac (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • galana -
  • galana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    galana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • khā -
  • kha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    khā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aṅguṣṭham -
  • aṅguṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    aṅguṣṭha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • yat -
  • yat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “saśaṅkhaṃ kakṣāṃsaṃ śravaṇagudasandhīti puruṣe striyāṃ bhrūnāsāsphigvalikaṭisulekhāṅgulicayam || 8 |
  • saśaṅkham -
  • saśaṅkha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    saśaṅkha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    saśaṅkhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • kakṣāṃ -
  • kakṣā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • sam -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • śravaṇa -
  • śravaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śravaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • guda -
  • guda (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sandhī -
  • sandhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sandhi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    sandhi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sandhin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • puruṣe -
  • puruṣa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    puruṣa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    puruṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • striyām -
  • strī (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • bhrū -
  • bhrū (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
  • nāsā -
  • nāsā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    nas (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual]
  • sphig -
  • sphic (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    sphij (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • vali -
  • valī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    valin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    valin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • kaṭi -
  • kaṭi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    kaṭī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    kaṭin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    kaṭin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • sulekhā -
  • sulekha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sulekha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sulekhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aṅguli -
  • aṅguli (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    aṅgulī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • cayam -
  • caya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    caya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    cayā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse 8

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 50.8

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 50.8 in Kannada sript:
ಅಥಾಙ್ಗಾನ್ಯೂರ್ವೋಷ್ಠಸ್ತನವೃಷಣಪಾದಂ ಚ ದಶನಾ ಭುಜೌ ಹಸ್ತೌ ಗಣ್ಡೌ ಕಚಗಲನಖಾಙ್ಗುಷ್ಠಮಪಿ ಯತ್ ।
ಸಶಙ್ಖಂ ಕಕ್ಷಾಂಸಂ ಶ್ರವಣಗುದಸನ್ಧೀತಿ ಪುರುಷೇ ಸ್ತ್ರಿಯಾಂ ಭ್ರೂನಾಸಾಸ್ಫಿಗ್ವಲಿಕಟಿಸುಲೇಖಾಙ್ಗುಲಿಚಯಮ್ ॥ ೮ ॥
[ಕಷಾಂಸಶ್ರವಣ]

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 50.8 in Gujarati sript:
અથાઙ્ગાન્યૂર્વોષ્ઠસ્તનવૃષણપાદં ચ દશના ભુજૌ હસ્તૌ ગણ્ડૌ કચગલનખાઙ્ગુષ્ઠમપિ યત્ ।
સશઙ્ખં કક્ષાંસં શ્રવણગુદસન્ધીતિ પુરુષે સ્ત્રિયાં ભ્રૂનાસાસ્ફિગ્વલિકટિસુલેખાઙ્ગુલિચયમ્ ॥ ૮ ॥
[કષાંસશ્રવણ]

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 50.8 in Kannada sript:
ಅಥಾಙ್ಗಾನ್ಯೂರ್ವೋಷ್ಠಸ್ತನವೃಷಣಪಾದಂ ಚ ದಶನಾ ಭುಜೌ ಹಸ್ತೌ ಗಣ್ಡೌ ಕಚಗಲನಖಾಙ್ಗುಷ್ಠಮಪಿ ಯತ್ ।
ಸಶಙ್ಖಂ ಕಕ್ಷಾಂಸಂ ಶ್ರವಣಗುದಸನ್ಧೀತಿ ಪುರುಷೇ ಸ್ತ್ರಿಯಾಂ ಭ್ರೂನಾಸಾಸ್ಫಿಗ್ವಲಿಕಟಿಸುಲೇಖಾಙ್ಗುಲಿಚಯಮ್ ॥ ೮ ॥
[ಕಷಾಂಸಶ್ರವಣ]

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