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.

पादाः पञ्चनखास्त्रयोऽग्रचरणः षड्भिर्नखैर्दक्षिणस्ताम्रौष्ठाग्रनसो मृगेश्वरगतिर्जिघ्रन्भुवं याति च ।
लाङ्गूलं ससटं दृगृक्षसदृशी कर्णौ च लम्बौ मृदू यस्य स्यात्स करोति पोष्टुरचिरात्पुष्टां श्रियं श्वा गृहे ॥ १ ॥

pādāḥ pañcanakhāstrayo'gracaraṇaḥ ṣaḍbhirnakhairdakṣiṇastāmrauṣṭhāgranaso mṛgeśvaragatirjighranbhuvaṃ yāti ca |
lāṅgūlaṃ sasaṭaṃ dṛgṛkṣasadṛśī karṇau ca lambau mṛdū yasya syātsa karoti poṣṭuracirātpuṣṭāṃ śriyaṃ śvā gṛhe || 1 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 61.1 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 (61.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pada, Pancanakha, Traya, Tri, Agracara, Shash, Nakha, Dakshina, Tamra, Aushtha, Agra, Yat, Yati, Langula, Sasata, Drish, Riksha, Sadrish, Sadrishi, Karna, Karni, Lamba, Mridu, Yasya, Yah, Syat, Sya, Karoti, Poshtri, Acirat, Acira, Pushta, Shri, Shriya, Shvan, Grih, Griha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 61.1). 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: “pādāḥ pañcanakhāstrayo'gracaraṇaḥ ṣaḍbhirnakhairdakṣiṇastāmrauṣṭhāgranaso mṛgeśvaragatirjighranbhuvaṃ yāti ca
  • pādāḥ -
  • pāda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • pañcanakhās -
  • pañcanakha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    pañcanakhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • trayo' -
  • traya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tri (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • agracara -
  • agracara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    agracara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ṇaḥ -
  • ṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ṣaḍbhir -
  • ṣaṣ (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ṣaṣ (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • nakhair -
  • nakha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    nakha (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • dakṣiṇas -
  • dakṣiṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tāmrau -
  • tāmra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tāmra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tāmrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • auṣṭhā -
  • auṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    auṣṭha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    auṣṭhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • agra -
  • agra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    agra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • naso* -
  • Cannot analyse mṛgeśvaragatirjighranbhuvam*yā
  • yāti -
  • yāti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    yāti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    yāti (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    yāt (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    yāt (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [present active third single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “lāṅgūlaṃ sasaṭaṃ dṛgṛkṣasadṛśī karṇau ca lambau mṛdū yasya syātsa karoti poṣṭuracirātpuṣṭāṃ śriyaṃ śvā gṛhe
  • lāṅgūlam -
  • lāṅgūla (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • sasaṭam -
  • sasaṭa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sasaṭa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sasaṭā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • dṛg -
  • dṛś (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    dṛś (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • ṛkṣa -
  • ṛkṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ṛkṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sadṛśī -
  • sadṛśī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    sadṛś (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • karṇau -
  • karṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    karṇi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • lambau -
  • lamba (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • mṛdū -
  • mṛdū (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
    mṛdu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • yasya -
  • yasya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yasya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yas -> yasya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √yas]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    yas (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • syāt -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • karoti -
  • karoti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    karoti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    karoti (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    kṛ (verb class 8)
    [present active third single]
  • poṣṭur -
  • poṣṭṛ (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • acirāt -
  • acirāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    acira (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    acira (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • puṣṭām -
  • puṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    puṣ -> puṣṭā (participle, feminine)
    [accusative single from √puṣ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √puṣ class 4 verb], [accusative single from √puṣ class 9 verb]
    puṣ -> puṣṭā (participle, feminine)
    [accusative single from √puṣ class 4 verb]
    puch -> puṣṭā (participle, feminine)
    [accusative single from √puch class 1 verb]
  • śriyam -
  • śriyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    śriya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śriya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śrī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    śrī (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • śvā -
  • śvan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • gṛhe -
  • gṛh (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    gṛh (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    gṛhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 61.1

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 61.1 in Kannada sript:
ಪಾದಾಃ ಪಞ್ಚನಖಾಸ್ತ್ರಯೋಽಗ್ರಚರಣಃ ಷಡ್ಭಿರ್ನಖೈರ್ದಕ್ಷಿಣಸ್ತಾಮ್ರೌಷ್ಠಾಗ್ರನಸೋ ಮೃಗೇಶ್ವರಗತಿರ್ಜಿಘ್ರನ್ಭುವಂ ಯಾತಿ ಚ ।
ಲಾಙ್ಗೂಲಂ ಸಸಟಂ ದೃಗೃಕ್ಷಸದೃಶೀ ಕರ್ಣೌ ಚ ಲಮ್ಬೌ ಮೃದೂ ಯಸ್ಯ ಸ್ಯಾತ್ಸ ಕರೋತಿ ಪೋಷ್ಟುರಚಿರಾತ್ಪುಷ್ಟಾಂ ಶ್ರಿಯಂ ಶ್ವಾ ಗೃಹೇ ॥ ೧ ॥

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 61.1 in Gujarati sript:
પાદાઃ પઞ્ચનખાસ્ત્રયોઽગ્રચરણઃ ષડ્ભિર્નખૈર્દક્ષિણસ્તામ્રૌષ્ઠાગ્રનસો મૃગેશ્વરગતિર્જિઘ્રન્ભુવં યાતિ ચ ।
લાઙ્ગૂલં સસટં દૃગૃક્ષસદૃશી કર્ણૌ ચ લમ્બૌ મૃદૂ યસ્ય સ્યાત્સ કરોતિ પોષ્ટુરચિરાત્પુષ્ટાં શ્રિયં શ્વા ગૃહે ॥ ૧ ॥

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 61.1 in Kannada sript:
ಪಾದಾಃ ಪಞ್ಚನಖಾಸ್ತ್ರಯೋಽಗ್ರಚರಣಃ ಷಡ್ಭಿರ್ನಖೈರ್ದಕ್ಷಿಣಸ್ತಾಮ್ರೌಷ್ಠಾಗ್ರನಸೋ ಮೃಗೇಶ್ವರಗತಿರ್ಜಿಘ್ರನ್ಭುವಂ ಯಾತಿ ಚ ।
ಲಾಙ್ಗೂಲಂ ಸಸಟಂ ದೃಗೃಕ್ಷಸದೃಶೀ ಕರ್ಣೌ ಚ ಲಮ್ಬೌ ಮೃದೂ ಯಸ್ಯ ಸ್ಯಾತ್ಸ ಕರೋತಿ ಪೋಷ್ಟುರಚಿರಾತ್ಪುಷ್ಟಾಂ ಶ್ರಿಯಂ ಶ್ವಾ ಗೃಹೇ ॥ ೧ ॥

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