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 1.76.2

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गन्धर्वैरप्सरोभिश्च नागैर्यक्षैश्च राक्षसैः ।
तत्र गायन्ति गन्धर्वा नृत्यन्त्यप्सरसस्तथा ॥ २ ॥

gandharvairapsarobhiśca nāgairyakṣaiśca rākṣasaiḥ |
tatra gāyanti gandharvā nṛtyantyapsarasastathā || 2 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 1.76.2 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:
Buy now! Sanskrit text by S. N. Khandelwal (2022)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (1.76.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Gandharva, Apsaras, Naga, Yaksha, Rakshasa, Tatra, Gayanti, Gayat, Nrityat, Nrityanti, Apsarasa, Tatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.76.2). 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: “gandharvairapsarobhiśca nāgairyakṣaiśca rākṣasaiḥ ”
gandharvair -
gandharva (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
apsarobhiś -
apsaras (noun, feminine)

[instrumental plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nāgair -
nāga (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

nāga (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
yakṣaiś -
yakṣa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

yakṣa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
rākṣasaiḥ -
rākṣasa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

rākṣasa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
Line 2: “tatra gāyanti gandharvā nṛtyantyapsarasastathā ”
tatra -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
gāyanti -
gāyantī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

gāyat (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√gā (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
gandharvā* -
gandharva (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

gandharvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
nṛtyantya -
nṛtyantī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

nṛtyantī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

nṛtyantī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

√nṛt -> nṛtyat (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √nṛt class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √nṛt class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √nṛt class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √nṛt class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √nṛt class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √nṛt class 4 verb]

√nṛt -> nṛtyantī (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √nṛt class 4 verb], [vocative single from √nṛt class 4 verb]

√nṛt (verb class 4)

[present active third plural]
apsarasas -
apsaras (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

apsarasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.76.2

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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Last Updated: 03 February, 2024