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.

वर्णैः प्रशस्तैर्मणिभिः प्रयुक्ता मुण्डाश्च ये ताम्रविलोचनाश्च ।
ते पूजिता वेश्मनि मानवानां सौख्यानि कुर्वन्ति यशः श्रियं च ॥ ११ ॥
[च युक्ता । वेश्मसु]

varṇaiḥ praśastairmaṇibhiḥ prayuktā muṇḍāśca ye tāmravilocanāśca |
te pūjitā veśmani mānavānāṃ saukhyāni kurvanti yaśaḥ śriyaṃ ca || 11 ||
[ca yuktā | veśmasu]

The Sanskrit text of Verse 64.11 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 (64.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Varna, Prashasta, Mani, Prayukta, Munda, Yah, Yat, Tamra, Vilocana, Tad, Yushmad, Pujita, Veshman, Manava, Saukhya, Kurvat, Yasha, Yashas, Shri, Shriya, Yukta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 64.11). 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: “varṇaiḥ praśastairmaṇibhiḥ prayuktā muṇḍāśca ye tāmravilocanāśca
  • varṇaiḥ -
  • varṇa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    varṇa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • praśastair -
  • praśasta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    praśasta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • maṇibhiḥ -
  • maṇi (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    maṇī (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • prayuktā* -
  • prayukta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    prayuktā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • muṇḍāś -
  • muṇḍa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    muṇḍā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • tāmra -
  • tāmra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tāmra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vilocanāś -
  • vilocana (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vilocanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “te pūjitā veśmani mānavānāṃ saukhyāni kurvanti yaśaḥ śriyaṃ ca || 11 |
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • pūjitā* -
  • pūjita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    pūjitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    pūj -> pūjita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √pūj class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √pūj class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √pūj class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √pūj class 10 verb]
    pūj -> pūjitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √pūj class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √pūj class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √pūj class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √pūj class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √pūj class 10 verb], [accusative plural from √pūj class 10 verb]
  • veśmani -
  • veśman (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • mānavānām -
  • mānava (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    mānava (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • saukhyāni -
  • saukhya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • kurvanti -
  • kurvat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    kṛ -> kurvat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb]
    kṛ (verb class 8)
    [present active third plural]
  • yaśaḥ -
  • yaśas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yaśas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    yaśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • 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]
  • ca* -
  • Cannot analyse 11
  • Line 3: “[ca yuktā
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yuktā -
  • yuktā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    yuj -> yuktā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √yuj class 7 verb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 64.11

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 64.11 in Kannada sript:
ವರ್ಣೈಃ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತೈರ್ಮಣಿಭಿಃ ಪ್ರಯುಕ್ತಾ ಮುಣ್ಡಾಶ್ಚ ಯೇ ತಾಮ್ರವಿಲೋಚನಾಶ್ಚ ।
ತೇ ಪೂಜಿತಾ ವೇಶ್ಮನಿ ಮಾನವಾನಾಂ ಸೌಖ್ಯಾನಿ ಕುರ್ವನ್ತಿ ಯಶಃ ಶ್ರಿಯಂ ಚ ॥ ೧೧ ॥
[ಚ ಯುಕ್ತಾ । ವೇಶ್ಮಸು]

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 64.11 in Gujarati sript:
વર્ણૈઃ પ્રશસ્તૈર્મણિભિઃ પ્રયુક્તા મુણ્ડાશ્ચ યે તામ્રવિલોચનાશ્ચ ।
તે પૂજિતા વેશ્મનિ માનવાનાં સૌખ્યાનિ કુર્વન્તિ યશઃ શ્રિયં ચ ॥ ૧૧ ॥
[ચ યુક્તા । વેશ્મસુ]

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 64.11 in Kannada sript:
ವರ್ಣೈಃ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತೈರ್ಮಣಿಭಿಃ ಪ್ರಯುಕ್ತಾ ಮುಣ್ಡಾಶ್ಚ ಯೇ ತಾಮ್ರವಿಲೋಚನಾಶ್ಚ ।
ತೇ ಪೂಜಿತಾ ವೇಶ್ಮನಿ ಮಾನವಾನಾಂ ಸೌಖ್ಯಾನಿ ಕುರ್ವನ್ತಿ ಯಶಃ ಶ್ರಿಯಂ ಚ ॥ ೧೧ ॥
[ಚ ಯುಕ್ತಾ । ವೇಶ್ಮಸು]

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