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.

यवग्रीवो यो वा बदरसदृशो वापि विहगो बृहन्मूर्धा वर्णैर्भवति बहुभिश्च रुचिरः ।
स शस्तः संग्रामे मधुमधुपवर्णश्च जयकृद्न शस्तो योऽतोऽन्यः कृशतनुरवः खञ्जचरणः ॥ २ ॥

yavagrīvo yo vā badarasadṛśo vāpi vihago bṛhanmūrdhā varṇairbhavati bahubhiśca ruciraḥ |
sa śastaḥ saṃgrāme madhumadhupavarṇaśca jayakṛdna śasto yo'to'nyaḥ kṛśatanuravaḥ khañjacaraṇaḥ || 2 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 62.2 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 (62.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yavagriva, Yah, Var, Badara, Sadrish, Sadrisha, Vapi, Vapin, Vihaga, Brihat, Murdha, Varna, Bhavati, Bhavat, Bhavant, Bahu, Rucira, Shasta, Shastri, Sangrama, Madhu, Dhu, Pava, Rina, Atah, Ani, Krisha, Tanu, Tanus, Ava, Avas, Khanjacarana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 62.2). 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: “yavagrīvo yo badarasadṛśo vāpi vihago bṛhanmūrdhā varṇairbhavati bahubhiśca ruciraḥ
  • yavagrīvo* -
  • yavagrīva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • yo* -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vā* -
  • vār (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vār (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • badara -
  • badara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    badara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sadṛśo* -
  • sadṛś (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    sadṛś (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    sadṛśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vāpi -
  • vāpi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vāpī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    vāpin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vāpin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • vihago* -
  • vihaga (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bṛhan -
  • bṛhat (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    bṛhat (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    bṛhat (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    bṛh -> bṛhat (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √bṛh]
    bṛh -> bṛhat (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √bṛh]
    bṛhat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    bṛh -> bṛhat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √bṛh], [vocative single from √bṛh]
    bṛh -> bṛhat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √bṛh], [vocative single from √bṛh], [accusative single from √bṛh]
    bṛh -> bṛhat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √bṛh], [vocative single from √bṛh]
    bṛh -> bṛhat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √bṛh], [vocative single from √bṛh], [accusative single from √bṛh]
  • mūrdhā* -
  • mūrdhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • varṇair -
  • varṇa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    varṇa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • bhavati -
  • bhavatī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    bhavat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • bahubhiś -
  • bahu (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    bahu (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ruciraḥ -
  • rucira (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “sa śastaḥ saṃgrāme madhumadhupavarṇaśca jayakṛdna śasto yo'to'nyaḥ kṛśatanuravaḥ khañjacaraṇaḥ
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śastaḥ -
  • śasta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śastṛ (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    śaṃs -> śasta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √śaṃs class 1 verb]
    śas -> śasta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √śas class 1 verb]
  • saṅgrāme -
  • saṅgrāma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    saṅgrāma (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • madhum -
  • madhu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dhu -
  • dhu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    dhū (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • pavar -
  • pava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pava (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pavā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    pav (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ṛṇaś -
  • ṛṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse jayakṛdna*śa
  • śasto* -
  • śasta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śastṛ (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    śaṃs -> śasta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √śaṃs class 1 verb]
    śas -> śasta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √śas class 1 verb]
  • yo' -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    yu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ato' -
  • ataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • anyaḥ -
  • anī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • kṛśa -
  • kṛśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kṛśa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tanur -
  • tanus (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    tanus (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    tanu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • avaḥ -
  • avas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    u (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • khañjacaraṇaḥ -
  • khañjacaraṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 62.2

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 62.2 in Kannada sript:
ಯವಗ್ರೀವೋ ಯೋ ವಾ ಬದರಸದೃಶೋ ವಾಪಿ ವಿಹಗೋ ಬೃಹನ್ಮೂರ್ಧಾ ವರ್ಣೈರ್ಭವತಿ ಬಹುಭಿಶ್ಚ ರುಚಿರಃ ।
ಸ ಶಸ್ತಃ ಸಂಗ್ರಾಮೇ ಮಧುಮಧುಪವರ್ಣಶ್ಚ ಜಯಕೃದ್ನ ಶಸ್ತೋ ಯೋಽತೋಽನ್ಯಃ ಕೃಶತನುರವಃ ಖಞ್ಜಚರಣಃ ॥ ೨ ॥

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 62.2 in Gujarati sript:
યવગ્રીવો યો વા બદરસદૃશો વાપિ વિહગો બૃહન્મૂર્ધા વર્ણૈર્ભવતિ બહુભિશ્ચ રુચિરઃ ।
સ શસ્તઃ સંગ્રામે મધુમધુપવર્ણશ્ચ જયકૃદ્ન શસ્તો યોઽતોઽન્યઃ કૃશતનુરવઃ ખઞ્જચરણઃ ॥ ૨ ॥

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 62.2 in Kannada sript:
ಯವಗ್ರೀವೋ ಯೋ ವಾ ಬದರಸದೃಶೋ ವಾಪಿ ವಿಹಗೋ ಬೃಹನ್ಮೂರ್ಧಾ ವರ್ಣೈರ್ಭವತಿ ಬಹುಭಿಶ್ಚ ರುಚಿರಃ ।
ಸ ಶಸ್ತಃ ಸಂಗ್ರಾಮೇ ಮಧುಮಧುಪವರ್ಣಶ್ಚ ಜಯಕೃದ್ನ ಶಸ್ತೋ ಯೋಽತೋಽನ್ಯಃ ಕೃಶತನುರವಃ ಖಞ್ಜಚರಣಃ ॥ ೨ ॥

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