Bhavishya Purana [sanskrit]

245,265 words

This Sanskrit edition of the Bhavishya Purana. It is one of the traditional eighteen Mahapuranas presented as an encyclopedia of ancient Indian history and knowledge. The Bhavishyapurana contains 4 books and over 26,000 Sanskrit verses. It is famous for detailing the history and legends of ancient times as well as future times, narrating the genealogy of the kings and sages. The last part is considered an independent work known as the Bhavishyottara-Purana.

Verse 1.4.168

पराङ्मुखस्याभिमुखो दूरस्थस्यैत्य चान्तिकम् ।
नमस्कृत्य शयानस्य निदेशे तिष्ठेत्सर्वदा ॥ १६८ ॥

parāṅmukhasyābhimukho dūrasthasyaitya cāntikam |
namaskṛtya śayānasya nideśe tiṣṭhetsarvadā || 168 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 1.4.168 is contained in the book Bhavishya Purana: Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation by S. N. Khandelwal. This book is not available online so in order to read the full text and translation you should buy the book:

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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 (1.4.168). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Paranmukha, Abhimukha, Durastha, Etya, Tika, Namaskritya, Shayana, Nidesha, Sarvada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.4.168). 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: “parāṅmukhasyābhimukho dūrasthasyaitya cāntikam
  • parāṅmukhasyā -
  • parāṅmukha (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    parāṅmukha (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • abhimukho* -
  • abhimukha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dūrasthasyai -
  • dūrastha (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    dūrastha (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • etya -
  • etya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • cān -
  • ca (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • tikam -
  • tika (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “namaskṛtya śayānasya nideśe tiṣṭhetsarvadā
  • namaskṛtya -
  • namaskṛtya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    namaskṛtya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śayānasya -
  • śayāna (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    śayāna (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    śī -> śayāna (participle, masculine)
    [genitive single from √śī class 2 verb]
    śī -> śayāna (participle, neuter)
    [genitive single from √śī class 2 verb]
  • nideśe -
  • nideśa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • tiṣṭhet -
  • sthā (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • sarvadā -
  • sarvadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sarvadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.4.168

Cover of edition (2023)

Complete Bhavisya Mahapurana (English translation)
by Shantilal Nagar (2023)

Publisher: Parimal Publication Pvt. Ltd.; Pages: 2496; ISBN-10: 817110729X; ISBN-13: 9788171107292

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