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.

सूर्यः षट्त्रिदशस्थितस्त्रिदशषट्सप्ताद्यगश्चन्द्रमा जीवः सप्तनवद्विपञ्चमगतो वक्रार्कजौ षट्त्रिगौ ।
सौम्यः षड्द्विचतुर्दशाष्टमगतः सूर्ये अप्युपान्ते शुभाः शुक्रः सप्तमषड्दशर्क्षसहितः शार्दूलवत्त्रासकृत् ॥ ४ ॥
[सर्वे]

sūryaḥ ṣaṭtridaśasthitastridaśaṣaṭsaptādyagaścandramā jīvaḥ saptanavadvipañcamagato vakrārkajau ṣaṭtrigau |
saumyaḥ ṣaḍdvicaturdaśāṣṭamagataḥ sūrye apyupānte śubhāḥ śukraḥ saptamaṣaḍdaśarkṣasahitaḥ śārdūlavattrāsakṛt || 4 ||
[sarve]

The Sanskrit text of Verse 103.4 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 (103.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Suri, Surya, Shat, Shash, Tridasha, Sthita, Shatsapta, Aga, Candrama, Candramas, Jiva, Saptan, Avat, Vip, Maga, Tas, Vakra, Arkaja, Saumi, Saumya, Api, Upante, Upanta, Shubha, Shukra, Saptama, Dasha, Dashan, Riksha, Sahitri, Sahita, Shardula, Attri, Asakrit,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 103.4). 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: “sūryaḥ ṣaṭtridaśasthitastridaśaṣaṭsaptādyagaścandramā jīvaḥ saptanavadvipañcamagato vakrārkajau ṣaṭtrigau
  • sūryaḥ -
  • sūrī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sūrya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    sūr -> sūrya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √sūr class 4 verb], [nominative single from √sūr class 10 verb]
  • ṣaṭ -
  • ṣaṭ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ṣaṣ (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    ṣaṣ (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tridaśa -
  • tridaśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tridaśa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sthitas -
  • sthita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
  • tridaśa -
  • tridaśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tridaśa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ṣaṭsaptād -
  • ṣaṭsapta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    ṣaṭsapta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ya -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
  • agaś -
  • aga (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • candramā* -
  • candramā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    candramas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    candrama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • jīvaḥ -
  • jīva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • saptan -
  • saptan (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • avad -
  • avat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    avat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    u -> avat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √u class 1 verb], [vocative single from √u class 1 verb], [accusative single from √u class 1 verb]
  • vip -
  • vip (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vip (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vip (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • añca -
  • añc (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • maga -
  • maga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • to* -
  • tas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vakrā -
  • vakra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vakra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vakrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • arkajau -
  • arkaja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ṣaṭ -
  • ṣaṭ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ṣaṣ (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    ṣaṣ (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tri -
  • tri (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • gau -
  • ga (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    gu (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • Line 2: “saumyaḥ ṣaḍdvicaturdaśāṣṭamagataḥ sūrye apyupānte śubhāḥ śukraḥ saptamaṣaḍdaśarkṣasahitaḥ śārdūlavattrāsakṛt || 4 |
  • saumyaḥ -
  • saumī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    saumya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse ṣaḍdvicaturdaśāṣṭamagataḥ*sū
  • sūrye -
  • sūrya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    sūrya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sūryā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sūr -> sūrya (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √sūr class 4 verb], [locative single from √sūr class 10 verb]
    sūr -> sūrya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √sūr class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √sūr class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √sūr class 4 verb], [locative single from √sūr class 4 verb], [nominative dual from √sūr class 10 verb], [vocative dual from √sūr class 10 verb], [accusative dual from √sūr class 10 verb], [locative single from √sūr class 10 verb]
    sūr -> sūryā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √sūr class 4 verb], [vocative single from √sūr class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √sūr class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √sūr class 4 verb], [nominative dual from √sūr class 10 verb], [vocative single from √sūr class 10 verb], [vocative dual from √sūr class 10 verb], [accusative dual from √sūr class 10 verb]
    sūr (verb class 10)
    [present passive first single]
    sūr (verb class 4)
    [present middle first single], [present passive first single]
  • apyu -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • upānte -
  • upānte (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    upānta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    upānta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    upāntā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • śubhāḥ -
  • śubha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    śubhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • śukraḥ -
  • śukra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • saptama -
  • saptama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saptama (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ṣaḍ -
  • ṣaṭ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ṣaṣ (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    ṣaṣ (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • daśar -
  • daśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    daśa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    daśan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    daśan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    daśā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    daṃś (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ṛkṣa -
  • ṛkṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ṛkṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sahitaḥ -
  • sahitṛ (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    sahita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    sah -> sahita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √sah class 1 verb], [nominative single from √sah class 10 verb]
  • śārdūla -
  • śārdūla (noun, masculine)
    [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]
  • attrā -
  • attṛ (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • asakṛt -
  • asakṛt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    asakṛt (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    asakṛt (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    asakṛt (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse 4

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 103.4

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 103.4 in Kannada sript:
ಸೂರ್ಯಃ ಷಟ್ತ್ರಿದಶಸ್ಥಿತಸ್ತ್ರಿದಶಷಟ್ಸಪ್ತಾದ್ಯಗಶ್ಚನ್ದ್ರಮಾ ಜೀವಃ ಸಪ್ತನವದ್ವಿಪಞ್ಚಮಗತೋ ವಕ್ರಾರ್ಕಜೌ ಷಟ್ತ್ರಿಗೌ ।
ಸೌಮ್ಯಃ ಷಡ್ದ್ವಿಚತುರ್ದಶಾಷ್ಟಮಗತಃ ಸೂರ್ಯೇ ಅಪ್ಯುಪಾನ್ತೇ ಶುಭಾಃ ಶುಕ್ರಃ ಸಪ್ತಮಷಡ್ದಶರ್ಕ್ಷಸಹಿತಃ ಶಾರ್ದೂಲವತ್ತ್ರಾಸಕೃತ್ ॥ ೪ ॥
[ಸರ್ವೇ]

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 103.4 in Gujarati sript:
સૂર્યઃ ષટ્ત્રિદશસ્થિતસ્ત્રિદશષટ્સપ્તાદ્યગશ્ચન્દ્રમા જીવઃ સપ્તનવદ્વિપઞ્ચમગતો વક્રાર્કજૌ ષટ્ત્રિગૌ ।
સૌમ્યઃ ષડ્દ્વિચતુર્દશાષ્ટમગતઃ સૂર્યે અપ્યુપાન્તે શુભાઃ શુક્રઃ સપ્તમષડ્દશર્ક્ષસહિતઃ શાર્દૂલવત્ત્રાસકૃત્ ॥ ૪ ॥
[સર્વે]

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 103.4 in Kannada sript:
ಸೂರ್ಯಃ ಷಟ್ತ್ರಿದಶಸ್ಥಿತಸ್ತ್ರಿದಶಷಟ್ಸಪ್ತಾದ್ಯಗಶ್ಚನ್ದ್ರಮಾ ಜೀವಃ ಸಪ್ತನವದ್ವಿಪಞ್ಚಮಗತೋ ವಕ್ರಾರ್ಕಜೌ ಷಟ್ತ್ರಿಗೌ ।
ಸೌಮ್ಯಃ ಷಡ್ದ್ವಿಚತುರ್ದಶಾಷ್ಟಮಗತಃ ಸೂರ್ಯೇ ಅಪ್ಯುಪಾನ್ತೇ ಶುಭಾಃ ಶುಕ್ರಃ ಸಪ್ತಮಷಡ್ದಶರ್ಕ್ಷಸಹಿತಃ ಶಾರ್ದೂಲವತ್ತ್ರಾಸಕೃತ್ ॥ ೪ ॥
[ಸರ್ವೇ]

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