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 1.41.41

न ब्राह्मणाश्चन्द्रमरीचिशुभ्रा न क्षत्रियाः किंशुकपुष्पवर्णाः ।
न चेह वैश्या हरितालतुल्याः शूद्रा न चाङ्गारसमानवर्णाः ॥ ४१ ॥

na brāhmaṇāścandramarīciśubhrā na kṣatriyāḥ kiṃśukapuṣpavarṇāḥ |
na ceha vaiśyā haritālatulyāḥ śūdrā na cāṅgārasamānavarṇāḥ || 41 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 1.41.41 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 (1.41.41). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahmana, Candra, Marici, Maricin, Shubhra, Kshatriya, Kimshuka, Pushpa, Varna, Vaishya, Haritala, Tulya, Shudra, Canga, Arasa, Anava, Rina,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.41.41). 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: “na brāhmaṇāścandramarīciśubhrā na kṣatriyāḥ kiṃśukapuṣpavarṇāḥ
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • brāhmaṇāś -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    brāhmaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • candra -
  • candra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    candra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • marīci -
  • marīci (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    marīcī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    marīcin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    marīcin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • śubhrā* -
  • śubhra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    śubhrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kṣatriyāḥ -
  • kṣatriya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kṣatriyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • kiṃśuka -
  • kiṃśuka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kiṃśuka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • puṣpa -
  • puṣpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    puṣpa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • varṇāḥ -
  • varṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    varṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “na ceha vaiśyā haritālatulyāḥ śūdrā na cāṅgārasamānavarṇāḥ
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ceha -
  • cah (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • vaiśyā* -
  • vaiśya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vaiśyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • haritāla -
  • haritāla (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    haritāla (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tulyāḥ -
  • tulya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    tulyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tul -> tulya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √tul class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √tul class 10 verb]
    tul -> tulyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √tul class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √tul class 10 verb], [accusative plural from √tul class 10 verb]
  • śūdrā* -
  • śūdra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    śūdrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • cāṅgā -
  • cāṅga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    cāṅga (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • arasam -
  • arasa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    arasa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    arasā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    ras (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active first single]
  • ānavar -
  • ānava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ānava (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ṛṇāḥ -
  • ṛṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    ṛṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.41.41

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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