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 4.95.7

यथा हि सिद्धगंधर्वा नागाः किंपुरुषाः खगाः ।
राक्षसाश्च पिशाचाश्च देवानामष्टयोनयः ।
तथैताः पुण्यनामानो वंद्याः श्रावणिकाः स्मृताः ॥ ७ ॥

yathā hi siddhagaṃdharvā nāgāḥ kiṃpuruṣāḥ khagāḥ |
rākṣasāśca piśācāśca devānāmaṣṭayonayaḥ |
tathaitāḥ puṇyanāmāno vaṃdyāḥ śrāvaṇikāḥ smṛtāḥ || 7 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 4.95.7 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 (4.95.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yatha, Siddha, Gandharva, Naga, Kimpurusha, Khaga, Rakshasa, Pishaca, Deva, Ashtayoni, Tatha, Eta, Esha, Punyanaman, Vandya, Vandi, Shravanika, Smrita, Smrito,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.95.7). 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: “yathā hi siddhagaṃdharvā nāgāḥ kiṃpuruṣāḥ khagāḥ
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • siddha -
  • siddha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    siddha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sidh -> siddha (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √sidh class 4 verb]
    sidh -> siddha (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √sidh class 4 verb]
    sidh -> siddha (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √sidh class 1 verb]
    sidh -> siddha (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √sidh class 1 verb]
  • gandharvā* -
  • gandharva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    gandharvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • nāgāḥ -
  • nāga (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    nāgā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • kimpuruṣāḥ -
  • kimpuruṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • khagāḥ -
  • khaga (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    khagā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “rākṣasāśca piśācāśca devānāmaṣṭayonayaḥ
  • rākṣasāś -
  • rākṣasa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • piśācāś -
  • piśāca (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    piśācā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • devānām -
  • deva (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    deva (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    devā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • aṣṭayonayaḥ -
  • aṣṭayoni (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • Line 3: “tathaitāḥ puṇyanāmāno vaṃdyāḥ śrāvaṇikāḥ smṛtāḥ
  • tathai -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tatha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • etāḥ -
  • eta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    etā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    eṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • puṇyanāmāno* -
  • puṇyanāman (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • vandyāḥ -
  • vandya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vandyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    vand -> vandya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √vand class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vand class 1 verb]
    vand -> vandyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √vand class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vand class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √vand class 1 verb]
    vandī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • śrāvaṇikāḥ -
  • śrāvaṇika (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    śrāvaṇikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • smṛtāḥ -
  • smṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    smṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    smṛto (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb]
    smṛ -> smṛtā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 4.95.7

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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