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.

समुद्गवद्दक्षिणपार्श्वशायिनः पदं समुत्क्षिप्य च दक्षिणं स्थिताः ।
जयाय शेषेष्वपि वाहनेष्विदं फलं यथासम्भवमादिशेद्बुधः ॥ १२ ॥

samudgavaddakṣiṇapārśvaśāyinaḥ padaṃ samutkṣipya ca dakṣiṇaṃ sthitāḥ |
jayāya śeṣeṣvapi vāhaneṣvidaṃ phalaṃ yathāsambhavamādiśedbudhaḥ || 12 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 92.12 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 (92.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Samudga, Dakshina, Parshvashayin, Pada, Samud, Sthita, Jaya, Shesha, Api, Vahana, Idam, Phala, Yathasambhava, Budha, Budh,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 92.12). 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: “samudgavaddakṣiṇapārśvaśāyinaḥ padaṃ samutkṣipya ca dakṣiṇaṃ sthitāḥ
  • samudga -
  • samudga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samudga (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • va -
  • u (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ū (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    ū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    au (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    au (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ad -
  • ad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    ad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • dakṣiṇa -
  • dakṣiṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dakṣiṇa (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • pārśvaśāyinaḥ -
  • pārśvaśāyin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • padam -
  • pada (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • samut -
  • samud (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    samud (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • kṣipya -
  • kṣip -> kṣipya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṣip]
    kṣip -> kṣipya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṣip]
    kṣip (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dakṣiṇam -
  • dakṣiṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dakṣiṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • sthitāḥ -
  • sthita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sthitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sthā class 1 verb]
    sthā -> sthitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √sthā class 1 verb]
  • Line 2: “jayāya śeṣeṣvapi vāhaneṣvidaṃ phalaṃ yathāsambhavamādiśedbudhaḥ
  • jayāya -
  • jaya (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    jaya (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • śeṣeṣva -
  • śeṣa (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    śeṣa (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • vāhaneṣvi -
  • vāhana (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    vāhana (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • idam -
  • idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • phalam -
  • phala (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    phala (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    phalā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • yathāsambhavam -
  • yathāsambhava (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    yathāsambhava (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    yathāsambhavā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ā -
  • ā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • diśed -
  • diś (verb class 6)
    [optative active third single]
  • budhaḥ -
  • budha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    budh (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    budh (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 92.12

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 92.12 in Kannada sript:
ಸಮುದ್ಗವದ್ದಕ್ಷಿಣಪಾರ್ಶ್ವಶಾಯಿನಃ ಪದಂ ಸಮುತ್ಕ್ಷಿಪ್ಯ ಚ ದಕ್ಷಿಣಂ ಸ್ಥಿತಾಃ ।
ಜಯಾಯ ಶೇಷೇಷ್ವಪಿ ವಾಹನೇಷ್ವಿದಂ ಫಲಂ ಯಥಾಸಮ್ಭವಮಾದಿಶೇದ್ಬುಧಃ ॥ ೧೨ ॥

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 92.12 in Gujarati sript:
સમુદ્ગવદ્દક્ષિણપાર્શ્વશાયિનઃ પદં સમુત્ક્ષિપ્ય ચ દક્ષિણં સ્થિતાઃ ।
જયાય શેષેષ્વપિ વાહનેષ્વિદં ફલં યથાસમ્ભવમાદિશેદ્બુધઃ ॥ ૧૨ ॥

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 92.12 in Kannada sript:
ಸಮುದ್ಗವದ್ದಕ್ಷಿಣಪಾರ್ಶ್ವಶಾಯಿನಃ ಪದಂ ಸಮುತ್ಕ್ಷಿಪ್ಯ ಚ ದಕ್ಷಿಣಂ ಸ್ಥಿತಾಃ ।
ಜಯಾಯ ಶೇಷೇಷ್ವಪಿ ವಾಹನೇಷ್ವಿದಂ ಫಲಂ ಯಥಾಸಮ್ಭವಮಾದಿಶೇದ್ಬುಧಃ ॥ ೧೨ ॥

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